Weird Wonders
In the Rockies, Richard Fortey explores a fossilised seabed containing bizarre life forms that have revolutionised understanding about the beginnings of complex life.
Professor Richard Fortey journeys high in the Rocky Mountains to explore a 520 million-year-old fossilised seabed containing bizarre and experimental life forms that have revolutionised our understanding about the beginnings of complex life. Among the amazing finds he uncovers are marine creatures with five eyes and a proboscis, filter-feeders shaped like tulips, worm-like scavengers covered in spikes but with no identifiable head or anus, and a metre-long predator resembling a giant shrimp.
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A fossil detective story
Duration: 04:02
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Richard Fortey |
| Series Producer | Shaun Trevisick |
| Executive Producer | Bill Locke |
| Executive Producer | Peter Lovering |
| Director | Sebastian Duthy |
Broadcasts
- Tue 11 Mar 2014 21:00
- Wed 12 Mar 2014 02:55
- Mon 17 Mar 2014 22:30
- Tue 10 Jun 2014 22:50
- Sun 24 May 2015 02:50
- Sat 6 Jun 2015 19:00
- Tue 19 Jul 2016 23:00
- Thu 18 May 2017 20:00
- Sat 19 Aug 2017 20:00
- Sun 20 Aug 2017 02:30
- Tue 7 Aug 2018 00:00
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