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Lab number
S-2921
Field number
86-DCA-548
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
9 m asl, west coast of Prescott Island, Peel Sound, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 D/02
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
3315 ± 75
Normalized Age
3475 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Peel Sound, 9 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PgLd-VP: Several poorly preserved cranial fragments (largest 1 metre wide, including the spinal opening) were present here. The sample consists of periotic bone, the largest piece weighing 708 g in dry but uncleaned condition.

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