A note on Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (Echinoidea, Loveniidae) from the late Pliocene of Nieuw Namen (The Netherlands)

A well-preserved complete test and a test fragment of the loveniid echinoid species Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) are recorded from late Pliocene strata (Upper North Sea Group, Oosterhout Formation) as exposed at the de Kauter locality at Nieuw Namen. The complete test preserves parts of its spine canopy, suggesting but limited post-mortem transport, and may represent the first complete echinoid to be recorded from outcropping late Pliocene strata in the SW Netherlands.