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Lab number
S-3246
Field number
89-DCA-141
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
3.3 km north of the mouth of Tiriganialaag River, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 15 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 B/03
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
3390 ± 80
Normalized Age
3550 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PbHt-VP: Periotic bones were collected in situ from both sides of a bowhead cranium 30% buried in beach gravel. The cranium is more than 112 cm wide.

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