An assemblage of dome-shaped calcified fossils was discovered in resedimented deposits of the Monte Facito Formation (Middle Triassic, Ladinian) of the Southern Apennines, Italy. The fossils occur within a mass-transport deposit and are interpreted as having originated in a shallow-marine carbonate environment prior to downslope redeposition. In outcrop, they resemble stromatoporoids or calcareous algae and may have contribute...

The main goal of the paper is the reconstruction of a Middle Triassic buildup cropping out in the central part of the Southern Apennines. Middle Triassic reefs of the western Tethys realm are well known in the Northern and Southern Alps. In contrast, few studies of the Anisian–Ladinian carbonate platforms of the southern Apennines are available, due to the diagenetic alteration and tectonic disruption that hinder their paleoen...