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Accession Number AFC999.2.20 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category skull Type Status holotype Alternate Taxon Homo transvaalensis; Homo africanus Fossil Owner Department of Anatomy, University of Witwatersrand Fossil Collector Dart, R.A.; Shaner Date Collected 1924 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, North West Province Site Taung, Buxton Limeworks Age juvenile 3.3 years Description Plaster cast of a skull Materials plaster Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Thabaseek tufa