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Lab number
S-3587
Field number
94-DCA-214
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
7.9 km west-northwest of Cape Home, Croker Bay, 8.2 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
8570 ± 200
Normalized Age
8705 ± 200
δ13C (per mil)
-16.6
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Lancaster Sound
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
QdHl-VP: Two complete sets of ear bones (otic capsules and periotic bones) were collected from a bowhead skull 99% buried upright in medium beach gravel. The skull was not exposed enough to measure.

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