One of the most important fossils we have collected, which is probably the single most important fossil collected from this area, has to be the amazing dinosaur brain fossil technically known as a dinosaur endocranial cast. A fossil endocranial cast is a natural cast of the brain. A dinosaur endocranial cast is the closest artefact scientists have to a true representation of a dinosaur brain. An endocranial cast will preserve original features such as nerves and blood vessels, and occasionally, actual impressions of the brain's soft tissue are preserved! We are indeed very fortunate to have this detail preserved on the Bexhill specimen. Dinosaur endocranial casts are amongst the world's rarest fossils. Apart from our specimen, there are only two other known examples from the UK, and probably only a few dozen specimens known worldwide - all reside in museum collections. In the Bexhill specimen the fossil brain has been separated from the skull (by natural process of erosion), which is a good thing, if one wants to see and touch a dinosaur fossil brain - most dinosaur brain fossils remain in the skull and often can't be seen at all by the naked eye because they are obscured by bone and matrix. There are only a very few examples in the world like this that one can actually see with the naked eye, and hold in your hand! The newly discovered Sussex specimen is the only known privately held example of a dinosaur endocranial cast fossil in the world!

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