Brachiopod Imprint?

[Bess]

I found this fossil near a lake in Hamilton, Nj. The rock in the area is mostly Triassic and Crataceous exempt for a small section of rock that is from the Cambrian. I think that this is an imprint of a brachiopod because of all the ridges.

Here's a picture.

I hope that you can identify this. Thanks in advance.

[Jeffrey P]

That does look like the partial imprint of a brachiopod shell. Considering where you found it I'm guessing it was transported by the glacier (or humans) from somewhere up north. 

[Bess]

Thank you for your reply.

[Bess]

This might help: the lake where I found this fossil is completely man-made.

[Shamalama]

I agree that it appears to be a brachiopod shell imprint. The problem is that there isn't enough of the shell present to ID it. That and not knowing the exact rock formation it came from. 

[Peat Burns]

This might be a brachiopod imprint, but what bothers me is that (number corresponds with number on marked picture below):

 

1) the "imprint" seems to occur in more than one plane.  The "plications" continue into a deeper cut into the rock.

 

2) The "plications" seem to have a cross-wall structure between them that continues into the rock

 

3)  This area (3) looks again like the fossil continues into the matrix and appears to represent a cross-section of a more 3-dimensional fossil than a brachiopod imprint.

 

Bryozoan?

 

[doushantuo]

There is a superficial (and essentially meaningless)similarity to a synrhabdosome,as figured by Koren(DGF,1976).

Please note: i am not  making a taxonomic assignment in any shape or form here

(stratigraphy,morphology),etc.

I always like to point out superficial similarities,because that might prevent future confusion

[Bess]

Thank you for our replies.