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Accession Number AFC974.17.85c Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category cranium Subcategory maxilla Side right Portion fragment with P3-M2 and socket for C Alternate Taxon Australopithecus prometheus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Collector Kitching, B. Date Collected 1948 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Makapansgat Age adult Description Plaster cast of a cranium, right maxilla fragment with P3-M2 and socket for C Materials plaster Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Sex female Stratigraphy Lower Phase I Breccia