†family Tiverinidae Hill 1981 (chaetetid sponge)
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Tiverinidae
Full reference: D. Hill. 1981. Rugosa and Tabulata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1(F)
Parent taxon: Chaetetida according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Cambrophyllum, Chaetetidae, Conochaetetes, Cryptolichenariidae, Desmidoporidae, Favosichaetetidae, Magnicanalifera, Obscurospongia
Subtaxa: Barrandeolites Tiverina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (4 collections), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (2), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Belarus (2), the Czech Republic (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence