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Lab number
S-3591
Field number
94-DCA-235
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
3.5 km northwest of Cape Home, Croker Bay, 29 m asl, Lancaster Sound coast of Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 E/12
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
9740 ± 200
Normalized Age
9885 ± 200
δ13C (per mil)
-15.8
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Lancaster Sound
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Not shown in MAH, because it appears under ice due to the interval chosen for mapping.
Comments
QdHk-VP: An otic capsule and the periotic bones were collected from both sides of a bowhead skull 100% buried in medium beach gravel capped by peat. The weathered skull is 190 cm wide.

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