Specimens

KNM-ER 3885

Site:
Koobi Fora Area 104
Specimen number:
KNM-ER 3885
Lat/Long:
3.98, 36.32
Date min:
1,770,000 Bp
Date max:
1,790,000 Bp
Classifications:
Paranthropus, Paranthropus boisei
Time periods:
Calabrian, Pleistocene
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KNM-ER 3885 is an isolated right upper fourth premolar (P₄) crown classified as that from a Paranthropus boisei. This tooth is broader than it was long [1]. It was found in Area 104 of Koobi Fora at 8m below the A2 marker [2].

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Cited References

  1. 1.

    Further hominids from the Plio-Pleistocene of Koobi Fora Kenya

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 67(2)

  2. 2.

    Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo Group deposits. Northern Turkana Basin Kenya and Ethiopia

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 78(4)

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