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Lab number
S-3596
Field number
94-DCA-250
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
18.5 km north-northeast of Cape Home, Croker Bay, 11.8 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
8770 ± 170
Normalized Age
8895 ± 170
δ13C (per mil)
-17.2
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
QeHk-VP: Periotic bones were collected from both sides of a bowhead skull 99% buried upright in medium beach gravel.

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