Dzhulfites
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Dzhulfites is a xenodiscacean
Xenodiscaceae
The Xenodiscaceae is a superfamily within the ammonoid order Ceratitida. The Xenodiscaceae, named by Frech in 1902, presently contains ten families, only one of which was included in the original Otocerataceae of Hyatt, 1900, the remaining having been added.The Xenodiscaceae has its origin in the...

 ceratitid
Ceratitida
The 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 ammonites....

 ammonoid named by Shevyrev, 1965, for species found in the Upper Permian Julfa Formation of Azerbaijan and type genus for the Dzhulfitidae
Dzhulfitidae
Dzhulfitidae is a small extinct family of Upper Permian and Lower Triassic ammonoids from Asia, included in the ceratitid Xenodiscaceae and containing only three genera: Abachites, Dzhulfites, and Paratirolites....

. The type species, Dzhulfites spinosus Shevyrev 1965 is based on Paratirolites
Paratirolites
Paratirolites is an Early Triassic ceratite from Armenia and Iran with distinct ribs, prominent ventro-lateral tubercles, and a broadly arched venter. The suture is ceratitic with a large ventral saddle....

 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.
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