Articles | Volume 34, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1144/jmpaleo2013-024
https://doi.org/10.1144/jmpaleo2013-024
01 Jan 2015
 | 01 Jan 2015

Two rare silicoflagellate double skeletons of the Star-of-David configuration from the Eocene

Kevin Mccartney, Kenta Abe, Jakub Witkowski, and Richard W. Jordan

Keywords: silicoflagellates, double skeletons, Eocene

Abstract. Two, rare double skeletons of Corbisema silicoflagellates have been observed from Early and Middle Eocene sediments. Both specimens are in the Star-of-David configuration, with the basal corners of each skeleton aligned with the middle of sibling basal sides. These specimens are of a species that has an elongate basal ring, which shows that skeletons are flipped 180° with respect to one another, rather than simply rotated.