Tivertonia tatamariensis was named by Archbold and Singh (1993) [Museum of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, India]. Its type specimen is WIF/A936, a valve (Dorsal valve, external mould), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sijik River, Locality 23, which is in a Sakmarian marine shale/shale in the Garu Formation of India.