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Accession Number AFC993.1.1a Scientific Name Australopithecus afarensis Category mandible Type Status holotype Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner National Museums of Kenya Casting Department Fossil Collector Muluila, M. Date Collected 1974 Place Collected Africa: Tanzania Site Laetoli, Locality 7 Age adult Description Plastic cast of a mandible Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Laetolil Beds