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Accession Number AFC2015.2.20 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category cranium Subcategory maxilla Portion fragment with left P3-M2 and right P3, M1 and M2 Alternate Taxon Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis; Australopithecus prometheus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner MSUW Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Sterkfontein Description Plastic cast of a cranium, maxilla fragment with left P3-M2 and right P3, M1 and M2 Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Lower Breccia