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Age BP | S-3557 (5110 ±160) | |
Site | QjHr-? ( / 5.3 km southwest of Firkin Point, 8.5 m asl, Jones Sound coast of Devon Island, Nunavut / NU / Canada ) | |
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Latitude | 76.0000 | |
Longitude | -86.0000 | |
Contact | Not available | |
Material | whale bone collagen; collagene osseux de baleine | |
Taxonomy | b'Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)' | |
Context | coarse beach gravel on a raised beach overlooking Jones Sound | |
References | Dyke, 1998 Harington, 2003: 364 | |
Comments | Field number : 93-DCA-231 48 G/10 A.S. Dyke August 21, 0098 4960 160 Significance : palaeobiology; paleobiologie Associated taxa : Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus QjHr-VP: Periotic bones were collected from both sides of a bowhead skull 70% buried upside down in coarse beach gravel. The slightly weathered skull is 160 cm wide. Other bones, including a mandible and maxillary bones, are scattered about. Fragments of another skull lie 2 m away. | |
