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Which is the most valuable type of fossil? (By valuable, I mean which can give us the most information about the organism.

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If you want to look at it from an academic standpoint then the most valuable fossil is the Holotype; the single specimen that was used to describe a species.

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Holotypes are priceless, as they are the single specimen that defines the species.

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