Talk:Orcadian Lakes

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[edit] Stromatolites

These are not restricted to marine environments and are also found in lacustrine settings. Mikenorton (talk) 16:10, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plant Remains

I think we could expand the article by giving some reference to the Rhynie chert. I thinks more or less contemporaneous. The lakes give us a window on a terrestrial world which is rarely preserved and it would be good to give an impression of what the overall environment was like so long ago. Frank.corr (talk) 18:00, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Well preserved fish? Good enough to eat?

Well preserved fish? Good enough to eat? Laurel Bush (talk) 12:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC).

Perhaps a little past there sell by date (~390 Ma), fossils added. Mikenorton (talk) 12:50, 13 June 2008 (UTC)