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Object Number
2015.1.16.230
Display Title
Australopithecus africanus
Descriptions
Object Description
Cast of fragmentary left maxilla, isolated right third molar, right facial fragment, and endocast of TM 1511
Classification
- Paleoanthropological
Department
Osteological
Date
2.6 - 3.0 million years ago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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South Africa
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Transvaal
/
<County>
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<City>
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Sterkfontein
Intrasite
Type site, Member 4, Sterkfontein Formation
Materials
Plaster, plastic
Dimensions
Overall: 2.1 × 3.3 × 6.2 cm (13/16 × 1 5/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Overall: 1.3 × 1.3 × 1.5 cm (1/2 × 1/2 × 9/16 in.)
Overall: 9.4 × 6 × 6.2 cm (3 11/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 7/16 in.)
Overall: 5.2 × 1.7 × 9.3 cm (2 1/16 × 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Overall: 7.3 × 9.8 × 11 cm (2 7/8 × 3 7/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
TM 1511 Max teeth plesianthropus transvaalensis Broom TM 1511 2015.1.16.230
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| 2015.1.16.464 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Swartkrans
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| 2015.1.16.227 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Sterkfontein
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| 2015.1.16.229 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Sterkfontein
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| 00-0-00/N9552.0 | Australopithecus africanus |
Teaching
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Sterkfontein
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| 2015.1.16.243 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Sterkfontein
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| 2015.1.16.1556 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Makapansgat
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| 2015.1.16.241 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Sterkfontein
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| 2015.1.16.247 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Sterkfontein
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for Australopithecus africanus
| 2015.1.16.1549 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Makapansgat
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| 2015.1.16.1549.1 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Makapansgat
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| 2015.1.16.1549.2 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Makapansgat
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| 2015.1.16.1558 | Australopithecus africanus |
Paleoanthropological
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Makapansgat
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