This is a wonderfully preserved Eocene lobster. The lobster exhibits fine detail and has its legs and claws preserved. Specimens of this completeness are becoming rare and this is a lovely fine specimen.
This 345 million year old shrimp has stunning detail under magnification. The specimen was in the J. Hearty collection and was discovered in 1968. These wonderful shrimps in the oil shales are highly sought after and are becoming increasingly scarce to obtain thesedays. A really nice drawer fossil for the collector of fossil crustaceans from the UK.
This example of an oil shale shrimp was discovered in 1967 and has remained in the same collection ever since. The detail from the antenna to its eyes and lower carapace is exceptional. This particular specimen was from the J. Hearty collection. Approximately 345 million years old. A stunning fossil under magnification.
