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Lab number
GSC-1761
Field number
GB-72
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Cetacea vertebra
Locality
8 km west of St. Jérôme, St. Lawrence River, Québec
Map sheet
31 G/16
Submitter
N.R. Gadd
Date submitted
July 24, 0098
Normalized Age
570 ± 130
δ13C (per mil)
-18.5
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
(purportedly) beach gravel excavated during restaurant construction, but apparently moved to the site recently
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Cetacea
Additional information
Sampled by coring to eliminate previously varnished surfaces.
Comments
BkFa-VP: A whale vertebra was expected to provide a date related to the Champlain Sea, but it is apparently a recent introduction to the site.

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