> Paul sent me the following:
>
> One of my students conducted his MS thesis on this very topic. He studied a
> number of stratified lakes with finely laminated sediments in New York
> (Fayetville Green Lake), Minnesota, and elsewhere and found that there
> were NO fish bones preserved... although these lakes contain abundant
> fish in the epilimnion. However, Salton Sea, a large desert lake in
> southern California, does contain abundant fish bones and scales in
> laminated sediments... and the lake is not stratified!
Interesting. The fish fossils I bought from the Nature Company show not
only the bones, but also the body and fins. These fish were apparently
buried intact, not just the bones. Do you know of any modern analogs?
Bill Payne