The stratigraphy of the Longobucco/Caloveto Basin has been greatly refined.
Jurassic basin-margins in Calabria are identified as of tectonic origin.
They are identified using sedimentology, paleontology, and field/structural geology.
Megaclastic belts run parallel to the strikes of eroded Jurassic footwall blocks.
Ephemeral coral reefs fringed basement islands and are capped by condensed pelagics.