Specimens

KNM-ER 814A

Site:
Koobi Fora Area 104
Specimen number:
KNM-ER 814A
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 814A is a left frontal fragment of the cranium of a Paranthropus boisei. It was found in Area 104 of Koobi Fora [1][2]. It was stratigraphically located 4m below the A2 marker in KBS member and is dated to ~1.78 Ma [3][4]. 

Sources

Cited References

  1. 1.

    Hominid Cranial Remains. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 4

    Clarendon Press

  2. 2.

    Paranthropus Boisei - Fifty years of evidence and analysis

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 134(S45)

  3. 3.

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

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 78(4)

  4. 4.

    Chronostratigraphy of KNM-ER 3733 and other area 104 hominins from Koobi Fora

    Journal of Human Evolution, 86

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