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Lab number
S-3542
Field number
93-DCA-236
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
4.2 km southwest of Firkin Point, 5.5-6 m asl, Jones Sound coast of Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 G/10
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
4050 ± 150
Normalized Age
4190 ± 150
δ13C (per mil)
-16.2
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
beach gravel on a raised beach overlooking Jones Sound
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
QjHq-VP: Periotic bones were collected from both sides of a bowhead skull 80% buried in beach gravel, capped by peat. The slightly weathered skull is 206 cm wide.

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