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Lab number
S-2914
Field number
86-DCA-438
Material dated
narwhal bone collagen; collagène osseux de narval
Taxa dated
Monodon monoceros tusk (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
3.5 km from head of northwest arm of Smith Bay, south shore, 12 m asl, M'Clintock Channel, northwestern Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 B/08
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
4180 ± 80
Normalized Age
4360 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-13.71
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
till, 60% embedded, standing on end, overlooking M'Clintock Channel, 12 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Monodon monoceros
Comments
PcLn-VP: The tip of a narwhal tusk was 50.5 cm long, 3.5 cm diameter at base.

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