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Lab number
S-3156
Field number
89-DCA-121
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
2.2 km northwest of the mouth of Tiriganialaag River, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 20 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 B/03
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
4720 ± 100
Normalized Age
4880 ± 100
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 90% buried in coarse beach gravel. The cranium is 160 centimetres wide.

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