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Lab number
S-3143
Field number
89-DCA-066
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
7.1 km northwest of the mouth of Tikiraq River, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 53.5 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/14
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
6920 ± 100
Normalized Age
7080 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
peat on till overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OkHs-VP: Periotic bones were collected in situ from a bowhead whale cranium 90% covered in peat and resting on till. The cranium is 180 cm wide. Many other bones of this animal are present at this site. This is the highest sample of bowhead recovered from the Tikiraq River camp area.

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