Talk:Basket star

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What the heck is this mess above? --Dbensen (talk) 18:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article says:

An early Mesozoic origin has been suggested for basket stars....

which would place their origin somewhere around 250 million years ago, or less. However, the article goes on to say:

In spite of this, the fossil record of this group is rather poor and only dates back to Carboniferous .

which now pushes their origin back to 300 million years or longer. This is inconsistent with the intent of the initial remark.

Perhaps the first quote should read:

"An early Paleozoic origin has been suggested for basket stars..."

I don't know one way or the other (otherwise, I would fix the error), but the article as it is now is contradictory.

Joe Neon (talk) 13:57, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the article's history, an earlier version said Miocene rather than Carboniferous, which would at least be consistent - still doesn't tell us if it's correct though. HairyDan (talk) 20:25, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a source for anyone with the time to rewrite this article: http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Echinoderms/Ophiuroidea/Ophiuroidea.htm HairyDan (talk) 20:50, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]