''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 ammoni ...

ammonoid Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...

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 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleoz ...

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