Crinoidea are the oldest living echinoderms ever discovered, living in abundance during the Paleozoic era.

This fossilized organism existed about 300 million years ago and got its second name "sea lily" because of its shape. It inspired the images in Ridley Scott's science fiction classic "Alien.

The creator of Alien was the Swiss artist Hans Rudolph Giger, whom director Ridley Scott noticed and brought in to create space creatures (xenomorphs) for his film, after seeing Hans' artwork called Necronome IV. As a result, Giger's work brought the director's team the American Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in a 1979 film .

Mysteries of the planet

Crinoidea are the oldest living echinoderms ever discovered, living in abundance during the Paleozoic era.

This fossilized organism existed about 300 million years ago and got its second name "sea lily" because of its shape. It inspired the images in Ridley Scott's science fiction classic "Alien.

The creator of Alien was the Swiss artist Hans Rudolph Giger, whom director Ridley Scott noticed and brought in to create space creatures (xenomorphs) for his film, after seeing Hans' artwork called Necronome IV. As a result, Giger's work brought the director's team the American Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in a 1979 film .

Mysteries of the planet

Crinoidea are the oldest living echinoderms ever discovered, living in abundance during the Paleozoic era.

This fossilized organism existed about 300 million years ago and got its second name "sea lily" because of its shape. It inspired the images in Ridley Scott's science fiction classic "Alien.

The creator of Alien was the Swiss artist Hans Rudolph Giger, whom director Ridley Scott noticed and brought in to create space creatures (xenomorphs) for his film, after seeing Hans' artwork called Necronome IV. As a result, Giger's work brought the director's team the American Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in a 1979 film .

Mysteries of the planet