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Lab number
Beta-69386
Material dated
walrus bone collagen; collagène osseux de morse
Taxa dated
Odobenus rosmarus mandible (NBMG-8621)
Locality
Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick
Map sheet
21 H/05
Submitter
R.F. Miller
Date submitted
August 6, 0098
Normalized Age
9980 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-16.9
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
bottom of the Bay of Fundy, recovered by a dredge
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Odobenus rosmarus
Additional information
AMS date
Comments
BhDj-VP: Two walrus fossils recovered by scallop drags can be assigned to this Borden block and are preserved in the New Brunswick Museum, St. John. NBMG-8621 is a mandible collected 9.5 km south of Quaco Head, from a depth of about 42 m. NBMG-9105 is a mandible collected 8 km south of St. Martins on a sand bottom at unknown depth. Sources: Harington, 2001; Miller, 1997.

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