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Accession Number AFC2015.2.14 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category cranium Subcategory maxilla Side left Portion fragment with left P4-M1 Alternate Taxon Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis; Australopithecus prometheus 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, left maxilla fragment with left P4-M1 Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Lower Phase I Breccia