Dinosaur Dreaming

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Ten questions (9):
In your opinion, what's the most significant fossil yet discovered? Why?

Tom Rich: Asking this question is like asking, "What is the most important dab of paint in a Rembrandt?" All fossils together gives us the total picture.

Pat Vickers-Rich: I wouldn't want to say - every one is precious.

Lesley Kool: If we are talking about the most significant Australian fossil yet discovered, I would have to say the mammal jaw from Inverloch, because of its evolutionary implications. However, this answer is purely relative, as every palaeontologist believes their fossils are most significant.

Nicola Barton: For me it's not possible to say that any fossil is the most significant. A combination of all of the fossils found gives a better overall picture of the past than an individual fossil. One fossil only gives information about the species it belongs to and not on how all species relate to one another within the environment. I feel the whole picture is more important than any single fossil find, not that it's likely that we'll ever have the whole picture.

Nick van Klaveren: Probably Lucy, the hominid fossil from Africa, as it is everyone's ancestor.

Nicole Evered: This exquisite little jaw. It is going to spur on the efforts of all palaeontologists, both amateur and professional world wide.