The Calcare di Altamura overlies the
Calcare di Bari, separated by an
unconformity and is overlain by the
Calcare di Caranna, separated by a
transgressive angular unconformity. The Calcare di Altamura is subdivided into the Loferitique, Stromatolique and Gorjanovicia Members. The formation comprises
limestones with some levels of
dolomitization. The succession starts with a sequence of
stromatolites and is heavily fractured and
karstified. The formation
crops out south of the
Bari–Taranto railway. The lower part of the formation is dated to the
Coniacian based on the presence of the microfossils
Aeolisaccus kotori,
Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera,
Accordiella conica and
Moncharmontia appenninica. The upper part is dated to the
early Campanian. == Fossil content ==