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Age BP | S-2916 (10165 ±120) | |
Site | PeLt-? ( / 16.7 km east-southeast of Cape Richard Collinson, 62 m asl, M'Clintock Channel, northwestern Prince / NU / Canada ) | |
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Latitude | 73.0000 | |
Longitude | -102.0000 | |
Contact | Not available | |
Material | whale bone collagen; collagene osseux de baleine | |
Taxonomy | b'Balaena mysticetus skull (id. by A.S. Dyke)' | |
Context | gullied and wind-eroded glaciomarine silt overlooking M'Clintock Channel, 62 m asl | |
References | Dyke and Morris, 1990 Harington, 2003: 355 | |
Comments | Field number : 86-DCA-422 68 B/11 A.S. Dyke August 21, 0098 10005 120 Significance : palaeobiology; paleobiologie Associated taxa : Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus PeLt-VP: Many bones are present at this locality, including a massive skull bone, and 3 metre long maxillary bones. The bones are partly embedded in glaciomarine sediment but burial could have been caused by slopewash. | |
