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Lab number
GSC-1681
Material dated
snake bone collagen; collagène osseux de serpent
Taxa dated
Coluber constrictor, Elaphe obsoleta, Crotalus horridus
Locality
Churchill Park, 88 m asl, Hamilton, Lake Ontario, Ontario
Map sheet
30 M/05
Submitter
C.S. Churcher
Date submitted
April 9, 0098
Normalized Age
4330 ± 210
δ13C (per mil)
-20.1
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
unconsolidated and consolidated bands of calcium carbonate-cemented shore debris
Associated taxa
Reptilia: Coluber constrictor, Elaphe obsoleta, Crotalus horridus
Comments
AhGx-VP, Westdale Ravine: Vertebrae and ribs from blue racer, pilot snake and a few from timber rattlesnake yielded a date in agreement with the age previously estimated on the basis of the fauna, suggesting the climatic optimum.

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