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Lab number
S-499
Material dated
mammoth bone collagen; collagène osseux de mammouth
Taxa dated
Mammuthus sp. skull fragments
Locality
sewage plant construction site now within the north limits of the city of Saskatoon, South Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan
Map sheet
73 B/02
Submitter
Z.S. Pohorecky
Date submitted
May 20, 0098
Measured Age
20200 ± 500
Normalized Age
20280 ± 500
δ13C (per mil)
-20.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
Unit 6, sand within tills of the Floral Formation, overlain by the late Wisconsinan Battleford Formation
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Mammuthus sp
Comments
FbNp-VP, Saskatoon: Christiansen's observations of the stratigraphy of this site indicate that the fossiliferous sand belongs to the Floral Formation dated at a nearby test hole to >34,000 BP (S-426; S-VII). The inconsistent dates on mammoth bones and tusk fragments may reflect contamination by preservatives employed in the field.

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