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Accession Number AFC974.17.14b Scientific Name Kenyapithecus wickeri Category cranium Subcategory maxilla Side right Portion fragment with M1, M2 and roots of M3 Type Status holotype Alternate Taxon Ramapithecus wickeri; Ramapithecus punjabicus Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner National Museums of Kenya Casting Department Fossil Collector Mukiri, H. Date Collected 1961 Place Collected Africa: Kenya Site Fort Ternan Description Plastic cast of a cranium, right maxilla fragment with M1, M2 and roots of M3 Materials plastic Geologic Age Middle Miocene Stratigraphy Bed 6 or 7