American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 67(2)
Specimens
KNM-ER 6128
- Site:
- Koobi Fora Area 104
- Specimen number:
- KNM-ER 6128
- Lat/Long:
- 3.98, 36.32
- Date min:
- 1,770,000 Bp
- Date max:
- 1,780,000 Bp
- Classifications:
- Paranthropus, Paranthropus boisei
- Time periods:
- Calabrian, Pleistocene
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KNM-ER 6128 is a right upper premolar, probably P³ classified, as from a Paranthropus boisei. There is some damage to the tips of the cusps, but this appears to be post-mortem. The roots are nearly fully developed but not quite closed, and it is likely that this tooth was in the process of erupting [1]. It was found in Area 104 of Koobi Fora, 4m below the A2 marker and is dated to ~1.78 Ma [2][3].
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Cited References
1.
Further hominids from the Plio-Pleistocene of Koobi Fora Kenya2.
Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo Group deposits. Northern Turkana Basin Kenya and EthiopiaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology, 78(4)
3.
Chronostratigraphy of KNM-ER 3733 and other area 104 hominins from Koobi ForaJournal of Human Evolution, 86
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