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Accession Number AFC2015.2.27 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category molar Subcategory M3 Position lower Side left Alternate Taxon Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis; Australopithecus prometheus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner MSUW Fossil Collector Hughes, A.R.; Tobias, P.V. Date Collected 1969-07-03 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Sterkfontein Description Plastic cast of a molar, left lower M3 Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Lower Breccia