''Dzhulfites'' is a genus of xenodiscoidean

ceratitid Ceratitida is an order that contains almost all ammonoid cephalopod genera from the Triassic as well as ancestral forms from the Upper Permian, the exception being the phylloceratids which gave rise to the great diversity of post-Triassic ammon ...

ammonoid Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea) than they are to nautiluses (family N ...

s named by Shevyrev, 1965, for species found in the

Upper Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years, from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya. It is the sixth and last period o ...

Julfa Formation of Azerbaijan and type genus for the

Dzhulfitidae Dzhulfitidae is a small extinct family of Upper Permian and Lower Triassic ammonoids from Asia, included in the ceratitid Xenodiscoidea and containing only three genera: ''Abachites'', ''Dzhulfites'', and ''Paratirolites''. Dzhulfitidae was name ...

. The type species, ''Dzhulfites spinosus'' Shevyrev 1965 is based on '' Paratirolites spinosus''. ''Dzhulfites'' is known from the Permian of Azerbaijan, Iran, and Thailand. ''Abachites'' the now considered close relative is based on '' Kashmirites stoyanowi'' from the Upper Permian Bashi Formation also of Azerbaijan.

References

''Dzhulfites-Paleodb''
Ceratitida genera Permian cephalopods Permian animals of Asia Xenodiscoidea {{Ammonite-stub