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Accession Number AFC974.17.14a Scientific Name Kenyapithecus wickeri Category cranium Subcategory maxilla Side left Portion fragment with C, P4, M1, M2, and root of P3 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: Tanzania Site Fort Tenan Description Plastic cast of a cranium, left maxilla fragment with C, P4, M1, M2, and root of P3 Materials plastic Geologic Age Middle Miocene Stratigraphy Bed 6 or 7