CategorycraniumDate Collected1950Place CollectedAfrica: South Africa
Item Details
CategorycraniumDate Collected1950Place CollectedAfrica: South Africa
Accession Number
AFC974.17.2
Scientific NameParanthropus robustusCategory
cranium
Alternate Taxon
Paranthropus crassidens; Australopithecus robustus
Cast Source
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta
Fossil Owner
Transvaal Museum of Natural History
Fossil Collector
Fourie
Date Collected
1950
Place Collected
Africa: South Africa
Site
Swartkrans
Age
adult
Description
Plastic cast of a cranium
Materials
plastic
Geologic Age
Pleistocene
Stratigraphy
Lower Breccia
Citation
Page Citation for AFC974.17.2 - Paranthropus robustus
Page Citation
"AFC974.17.2 - Paranthropus robustus, Fossil Hominid Cast Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/32-73722. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.