University of Alberta Museums Search

Item Details

Accession Number AFC999.2.21 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category innominate Subcategory ischio-pubic Portion fragment Alternate Taxon Australopithecus prometheus; Homo transvaalensis Fossil Owner Department of Anatomy, University of Witwatersrand Fossil Collector Shaner Date Collected 1948-1962 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Central Transvaal Site Makapansgat, Makapansgat Limeworks deposit Age adolescent Description Plaster cast of an innominate bone, ischio-pubic fragment Materials plaster Geologic Age Late Villafranchian Stratigraphy Member 3