WoRMS taxon details
original description
van der Ham, R. W. J. M., Jagt, J. W. M. & Janssens, H. J. 2011. Leymeriaster campestris, a new early Campanian hemiasterid echinoid from southern Limburg, the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 90, 179-185. page(s): 181-183; figs 3A-D, 4A-D, 5A, 6, 7A [details]
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Diagnosis Medium-sized species of Leymeriaster with a relatively short adapical groove in ambulacrum III and strongly depressed paired petals. Pore pairs in ambulacrum III not sunken and inter - ambulacral margins of this ambulacrum not thickened, raised and/or overhanging. Peripetalous fasciole slightly indented between anterior petals and ambulacrum III. [details]
Etymology from Latin "campus" (French: champs, English: field, German: Feld) - alludes both to the former nature of the type locality and to the surname of W.M. Felder (collector of one of the paratypes) [details]
Fossil range Early Campanian [details]
Stratigraphy Laagje van Müller, Gemmenich Member, Vaals Formation [details]
Type locality Eschberg, southwest of Vaals (50°46'5.46'' N, 6°0'31,71''E), South Limburg, the Netherlands [details]
Type material HT: NHMM 2011 014; PT: NHMM VG 3047, NHMM 1996 001, NHMM 2010 164 [details]
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