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Accession Number AFC974.17.1d Scientific Name Paranthropus boisei Category cranium Subcategory temporal Side right Type Status holotype Alternate Taxon Zinjanthropus; Australopithecus boisei Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner National Museums of Kenya Fossil Collector Leakey, M.D. Date Collected 1959 Place Collected Africa: Tanzania, Olduvai Gorge Site Olduvai Gorge, FLK Description Resin cast of a cranium, right temporal Materials resin Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Bed I