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Lab number
S-3183
Field number
89-DCA-502
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, 0.4 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
3990 ± 80
Normalized Age
4150 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Berlinguet Inlet, 16 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OgHr-VP: Periotic bones were collected in situ from a bowhead cranium partly buried in beach gravel. The cranium is 170 centimetres wide.

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