Australopithecus africanus, Taung child skull with brain endocast Ankylosaurus Class: Pinopsida

Class: Pinopsida

and the elements above the orbit

pulled from original molds we've made from the inside of the skull

It is the animal from which the subfamily Machairodontinae gets its name and has since become a wastebasket taxon over the years as many genera of saber tooth cat have been and are still occasionally lumped into it

It is amazing that they survived at all when you look how crushed the skull is

Australopithecus africanus, Taung child skull with brain endocast Ankylosaurus Class: PinopsidaAustralopithecus africanus Taung Child Early Human Skull & Brain Endocast This is a resin replica of the original Taung Child the fossilized skull of a young Australopithecus africanus individual. It was discovered in 1924 by quarrymen working for the Northern Lime Company in Taung, South Africa. Raymond Dart, an anatomist at the University of Witwatersrand, received the fossil, recognized its importance and published his discovery in the journal