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Accession Number AFC974.17.87f Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category cranium Subcategory maxilla Portion P4 Alternate Taxon Australopithecus prometheus; Australopithecus africanus trasnvaalensis Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner MSUW Fossil Collector Hughes, A.R. Date Collected 1949 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Makapansgat Age juvenile Description Plastic cast of a cranium, maxilla P4 Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Lower Phase I Breccia