Polished Baltic Amber with Fly

Comprising two hadrosaur eggs retaining evidence of the original leathery surface and how the eggshell was crushed before fossilising. 1.56 kg total, 10.2-10.9 cm



From the Nanxiong formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.

Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present-day ostrich eggs.

A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished tooth enamel. 89 grams, 92 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the structuring of marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.

Showing the almost complete skeleton of Barasaurus besairiei; some restoration. 434 grams, 20.7 cm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile.