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Accession Number AFC974.17.36 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category cranium Subcategory maxilla Alternate Taxon Paranthropus crassidens; Australopithecus robustus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Collector Broom, R.; Robinson, J.T. Date Collected 1949 Place Collected Africa: South Africa Site Swartkrans Age adult Description Plastic cast of a cranium, maxilla Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Pathology distorted right