Six species belonging to five genera of Barremian ammonites are described from the Ishido Formation of the Sanchu Terrane in the Kwanto Mountains. They are : Calliphylloceras sp., Karsteniceras asiaticum (Yabe et Shimizu), K. obatai Matsukawa, Heteroceras (Argvethites) sp., Barremites (Barremites) strettostoma, and Valdedorsella (Puezalpella) sp. The ammonite fauna of the Ishido Formation (the Ishido fauna) is made up essentially of two groups of ammonites, the smooth or weakly ornate normaly coiled forms and various heteromorphs, a characteristic feature of the Barremian ammonite faunas generally in the Tethyan realm. The Ishido fauna shows a high similarity to that of the Mediterranean region of the Tethyan realm, and contains also one species, Simbirskites (Milanowskia) sp., which migrated from the northeast European province in the European-Boreal region through the Arctic epicontinental sea.
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