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Accession Number AFC2015.2.37 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category premolar Subcategory P4 Position upper Side right 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 1971-08-23 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Sterkfontein Description Plastic cast of a premolar, right upper P4 Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Lower Breccia