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Accession Number AFC970.1.18 Scientific Name Paranthropus robustus Category femur Position proximal Side right Portion fragment Alternate Taxon Paranthropus crassidens; Australopithecus robustus Fossil Owner Transvaal Museum of Natural History Fossil Collector Broom, R.; Robinson, J.T. Date Collected 1949 Place Collected Africa: South Africa Site Swartkrans Description Plastic cast of a femur, right proximal fragment Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Lower Breccia