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Accession Number AFC972.2.1 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category cranium Subcategory maxilla Side right Portion fragment with orbit, nasal cavity and P3-M2 Alternate Taxon Australopithecus prometheus Fossil Collector Kitching, J.; Hughes, A.R.; Kitching, B.; Kitching, S. Date Collected 1948 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Makapansgat Age adult Description Plaster cast of a cranium, right maxilla fragment with orbit, nasal cavity and P3-M2 Materials plaster Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Sex female Stratigraphy Lower Phase I Breccia