CARD fuzzes location data for public visitors to the database. Accessing CARD's full capabilities requires an account available only to researchers at accredited institutions.
Lab number
S-3260
Field number
89-DCA-503
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by J. Hooper and A.S. Dyke)
Locality
40 km southwest of Imek Point, 0.3 km inland, south side of Berlinguet Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/02
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2310 ± 80
Normalized Age
2470 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
stony mud on a raised beach overlooking Berlinguet Inlet, 12 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OgHr-VP: A periotic bone was collected in situ from one side of a bowhead skull partly buried in soliflucted raised marine sediment. The skull was likely displaced some distance down slope.

References