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Accession Number AFC2015.2.11 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category cranium Subcategory biparieto-occipital fragment Portion fragment Alternate Taxon Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis; Australopithecus prometheus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner MSUW Fossil Collector Kitching, B. Date Collected 1948 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Makapansgat Age adult Description Plaster cast of a cranium, biparieto-occipital fragment fragment Materials plaster Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Lower Phase I Breccia