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Lab number
S-3141
Field number
89-DCA-063
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
4.6 km northwest of the mouth of Tikiraq River, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 5 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/14
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2090 ± 70
Normalized Age
2250 ± 75
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
peat on gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OkHs-VP: An otic capsule was collected in situ from a bowhead cranium 90% enclosed in peat resting on beach gravel; the cranium is 200 centimetres wide.

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