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- Bachelors Geology Delhi University
- Masters Paleontology Banaras Hindu University
- PhD Paleontology University of Calcutta
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sunil Bajpai is the Chair Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology in the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He is in service as a professor at IIT Roorkee since 1st January 1996 till September 2026. He also served as the director of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences from January 2013 to July 2018.
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- 40K–40Ar dating of the Main Deccan large igneous province: Further evidence of KTB age and short duration (2007) (291)
- Whales originated from aquatic artiodactyls in the Eocene epoch of India (2007) (277)
- Vestibular evidence for the evolution of aquatic behaviour in early cetaceans (2002) (216)
- Main Deccan volcanism phase ends near the K-T boundary: Evidence from the Krishna-Godavari Basin, SE India (2008) (157)
- A new Eocene archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from India and the time of origin of whales. (1998) (148)
- From Land to Water: the Origin of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises (2009) (146)
- Developmental basis for hind-limb loss in dolphins and origin of the cetacean bodyplan. (2006) (140)
- The oldest Asian record of Anthropoidea (2008) (134)
- Cretaceous extinctions: multiple causes. (2010) (124)
- K-T transition in Deccan traps of central India marks major marine seaway across India (2009) (114)
- Early Eocene warming events and the timing of terrestrial faunal exchange between India and Asia (2011) (111)
- Sound transmission in archaic and modern whales: Anatomical adaptations for underwater hearing (2007) (96)
- Eocene evolution of whale hearing (2004) (89)
- Early eocene primates from Vastan lignite mine, Gujarat, western India (2005) (82)
- Age-diagnostic dinoflagellate cysts from the lignite-bearing sediments of the Vastan lignite mine, Surat district, Gujarat, western India (2008) (77)
- Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls (2014) (73)
- Isotopic Approaches to Understanding the Terrestrial-to-Marine Transition of the Earliest Cetaceans (1998) (73)
- Deccan volcanism, the KT mass extinction and dinosaurs (2009) (70)
- Early Eocene land mammals from the Vastan Lignite Mine, District Surat (Gujarat), western India (2005) (68)
- Early Eocene snakes from Kutch, Western India, with a review of the Palaeophiidae (2003) (67)
- Cretaceous age for Ir‐rich Deccan intertrappean deposits: palaeontological evidence from Anjar, western India (2000) (66)
- Evolution of cetacean osmoregulation (1996) (62)
- Cretaceous extinctions: evidence overlooked. (2010) (62)
- Whale Origins as a Poster Child for Macroevolution (2001) (57)
- Palynofacies and sedimentology-based high-resolution sequence stratigraphy of the lignite-bearing muddy coastal deposits (early Eocene) in the Vastan Lignite Mine, Gulf of Cambay, India (2013) (57)
- Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Events: The Fossil Vertebrate, Palaeomagnetic and Radiometric Evidence from Peninsular India (1988) (54)
- Early Danian Planktic Foraminifera From Cretaceous-Tertiary Intertrappean Beds At Jhilmili, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India (2009) (54)
- Development and evolution of the unique cetacean dentition (2013) (53)
- Evolution of dental wear and diet during the origin of whales (2011) (43)
- Eurasiatic elements in the Upper Cretaceous nonmarine biotas of peninsular India (1991) (43)
- A new, diminutive Eocene whale from Kachchh (Gujarat, India) and its implications for locomotor evolution of cetaceans (2000) (41)
- Altered cropping pattern and cultural continuation with declined prosperity following abrupt and extreme arid event at ~4,200 yrs BP: Evidence from an Indus archaeological site Khirsara, Gujarat, western India (2017) (38)
- New Skeletal Material of Andrewsiphius and Kutchicetus, Two Eocene Cetaceans from India (2009) (38)
- Cranial Anatomy of Middle Eocene Remingtonocetus (Cetacea, Mammalia) from Kutch, India (2011) (35)
- Intervertebral and Epiphyseal Fusion in the Postnatal Ontogeny of Cetaceans and Terrestrial Mammals (2015) (35)
- A new dugongine sirenian from the early Miocene of India (1997) (34)
- Additional snakes from the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India (2004) (34)
- Oldest known gobiids from Vastan Lignite Mine (early Eocene), Surat District, Gujarat (2004) (33)
- Middle Eocene Cetaceans from the Harudi and Subathu Formations of India (1998) (33)
- Agamid lizards from the early eocene of western India: oldest cenozoic lizards from south Asia (2008) (33)
- EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE SIRENIANS (MAMMALIA) FROM KACHCHH, INDIA (2006) (32)
- Postcranial morphology and locomotion of the Eocene raoellid Indohyus (Artiodactyla: Mammalia) (2011) (31)
- Extensive endemism among the Maastrichtian non-marine ostracoda of India with implications for palaeobiogeographical and ¿Out of India¿ dispersal (2006) (31)
- Late Cretaceous non-marine ostracods from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds, Kora: Western Kachchh, India (2001) (30)
- Vertebrate fauna from Panandhro lignite field (Lower Eocene),District Kachchh, western India (2002) (29)
- First mammal of Gondwanan lineage in the early Eocene of India (2017) (27)
- Upper Cretaceous intertrappean non-marine Ostracoda from Mohagaonkala (Mohgaon-Kalan), Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh State, Central India (2002) (26)
- Creodont and condylarth from Cambay Shale (early Eocene, ~55-54 Ma), Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, western India (2009) (26)
- Upper Cretaceous nonmarine Ostracoda from intertrappean horizons in Gulbalga District, Karnataka State, South India (2002) (26)
- First fossil marsupials from India: early Eocene Indodelphis n. gen. and Jaegeria n. gen. from the Vastan Lignite mine, District Surat, Gujarat (2005) (26)
- New early Eocene cambaythere (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Vastan Lignite Mine (Gujarat, India) and an evaluation of cambaythere relationships (2006) (26)
- India's Nor thward Drift from Gondwana to Asia During the Late Cretaceous-Eocene (2016) (25)
- Further nonmarine Ostracoda from the late cretaceous intertrappean deposits of the Anjar Region, Kachchh, Gujarat, India (2000) (24)
- The origin and early evolution of whales: macroevolution documented on the Indian Subcontinent (2009) (24)
- Early Miocene mammals from central Kutch (Gujarat), Western India : Implications for geochronology, biogeography, eustacy and intercontinental dispersions. (2010) (23)
- A New Miocene Sirenian from Kutch, India (2009) (23)
- Palynological assemblage from the Deccan Volcanic Province, central India: Insights into early history of angiosperms and the terminal Cretaceous paleogeography of peninsular India (2018) (23)
- Lignite deposits of the Kutch Basin, western India: Carbon isotopic and palynological signatures of the early Eocene hyperthermal event ETM2 (2017) (22)
- A new fossil sirenian (Mammalia, Dugonginae) from the miocene of India (2010) (22)
- DENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF REMINGTONOCETIDAE (CETACEA, MAMMALIA) (2001) (22)
- The identity of the non‐marine ostracod Cypris subglobosa Sowerby from the intertrappean deposits of Peninsular India (2003) (20)
- First record of the Miocene hominoid Sivapithecus from Kutch, Gujarat state, western India (2018) (20)
- Ornithoid eggshells from Deccan intertrappean beds near Anjar (Kachchh) Western India (1993) (20)
- Biotic perspective of the Deccan volcanism and India-Asia collision: recent advances (2009) (19)
- Earliest cenozoic frogs from the Indian subcontinent: implications for out-of-India hypothesis (2008) (19)
- Indocetus (Cetacea, Mammalia) endocasts from Kachchh (India) (1996) (18)
- FRESHWATER OSTRACODA FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS INTERTRAPPEAN BEDS AT MAMONI (KOTA DISTRICT), SOUTHEASTERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA (2003) (17)
- A new middle Eocene sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from India (2009) (17)
- Aquatic Habits of Cetacean Ancestors: Integrating Bone Microanatomy and Stable Isotopes. (2016) (17)
- Palaeoenvironment of Northwestern India during the late Cretaceous Deccan volcanic episode from trace-element and stable-isotope geochemistry of intertrappean ostracod shells (2013) (16)
- New early eocene primate (Mammalia) from Vastan lignite Mine, District Surat (Gujarat), western India (2007) (16)
- Freshwater ostracoda from the (?) palaeocene-age deccan intertrappean beds of Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh), India (2008) (16)
- An Oligocene non-marine ostracod fauna from the Basgo Formation (Ladakh Molasse), NW Himalaya, India (2004) (14)
- Advent of Strong South Asian Monsoon by 20 Million Years Ago (2018) (14)
- Protocetid cetaceans (Mammalia) from the Eocene of India (2014) (13)
- Strontium isotope evidence for the age of Eocene fossil whales of Kutch, western India (2010) (13)
- Charophytes from Deccanintertrappean beds of peninsular India: Implications for age and correlation of Deccan volcanics (1994) (13)
- Ancient DNA Reveals Late Pleistocene Existence of Ostriches in Indian Sub-Continent (2017) (12)
- Ultrastructure and taxonomy of ostrich eggshells from Upper Palaeolithic sites of India (1989) (12)
- Oldest South Asian tapiromorph (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Cambay Shale Formation, western India, with comments on its phylogenetic position and biogeographic implications (2015) (12)
- Corrigendum to “First Mammal of Gondwanan lineage in the early Eocene of India” [C. R. Palevol, Kapur et al. 16 (2017)] (2017) (12)
- Indian intertrappean Ostracoda in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London (2003) (11)
- An early eocene palaeopheid snake from Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India (2007) (11)
- Microstructure, crystallography and diagenetic alteration in fossil ostrich eggshells from Upper Palaeolithic sites of Indian peninsular region. (2016) (10)
- The Earliest Marine Transgression in Western India:New Insights from Calcareous Nannofossils from Lathi Formation, Jaisalmer Basin (2016) (10)
- Marine middle Eocene fish Otoliths from India and Java (1992) (10)
- Fossil Turtle Eggshells From Infratrappean Beds of Duddukuru, Andhra Pradesh (1997) (10)
- Biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironment and sea level changes during pre-collisional (Palaeocene) phase of the Indian plate: palynological evidence from Akli Formation in Giral Lignite Mine, Barmer Basin, Rajasthan, Western India (2020) (9)
- Predation by gastropod drills on Early Lutetian ostracodsfrom Kutch, Western India (1989) (9)
- Vertebrate fauna from deccan intertrappean beds of Bhanpura, Mandsaur District, Madhya Pradesh (2006) (8)
- New records and new species of Upper Cretaceous Ostracoda for Indian intertrappean deposits (2011) (8)
- New Applications for Constrained Ordination: Reconstructing Feeding Behaviors in Fossil Remingtonocetinae (Cetacea: Mammalia) (2014) (7)
- Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment of the Naredi Formation (Early Eocene), Kutch, Gujarat, India (2015) (7)
- Palynological record from Chhasra Formation (Early Miocene), Eastern Kutch, Gujarat (2013) (7)
- First Miocene rodents from Kutch, western India (2021) (7)
- Visitor Attitudes and Erosional Impacts on the Coast Walk, Royal National Park (2012) (6)
- A new Sirenian from the Miocene of Kachchh, Western India (1987) (6)
- Early danian planktic foraminifera from K-T intertrappean beds at Jhilmili, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, India (2009) (6)
- New Oligocene Mustelid From Western India (2008) (6)
- Thewissen et al. reply (2009) (5)
- Environmental magnetic, Geochemical and Sulfur isotopic imprints of an Indus archaeological site 4MSR from western India (Rajasthan): Implications to the Indus industrial (metallurgical) activities (2020) (5)
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow (2015) (5)
- An Overview of Recent Advances in the Mesozoic–Palaeogene Vertebrate Paleontology in the Context of India’s Northward Drift and Collision with Asia (2016) (4)
- Managing Tourism and Environment—Trail Erosion, Thresholds of Potential Concern and Limits of Acceptable Change (2022) (4)
- Hybodont sharks from the Jurassic of Jaisalmer, western India (2021) (4)
- Indohyus, Endemic Radiation of Raoellid Artiodactyls in the Eocene of India and Pakistan (2020) (4)
- Fossil charophyta from the Deccan intertrappean beds of Gurmatkal, Gulbarga district, Karnataka (1992) (4)
- Comments on ‘Early Eocene land mammals from Vastan Lignite Mine, District Surat (Gujarat), western India’ by Bajpai, S. et al. published in Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 50, 1: 101-113, 2005 (2006) (3)
- New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India (2022) (3)
- Palynofloral diversity and palaeoenvironments of early Eocene Akri lignite succession, Kutch Basin, western India (2019) (3)
- Serenian-moerithere dichotomy: some evidence from the Middle Eocene of Kachchh, Western India (1989) (3)
- Middle Eocene (Bartonian) vertebrate fauna from Bandah Formation, Jaisalmer Basin, Rajasthan, Western India (2020) (2)
- The Indian Paleogene (2018) (2)
- PALEOCENE-AGE DECCAN INTERTRAPPEAN MOLLUSKS , UTTAR PRADESH , INDIA (2007) (2)
- Climatic control on the C3 and C4 plant abundance during the late Pleistocene – Holocene in the northern Gangetic Plain, India (2022) (2)
- Dinosaur fossil records from India and their palaeobiogeographic implications: an overview (2021) (1)
- Sr isotope numerical depositional age of Miocene marine strata (Quilon Formation), Kerala–Konkan Basin, India (2022) (1)
- A nyctitheriid insectivore (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) of Asian affinity from the early Eocene of India (2021) (1)
- A fossil mammal from marine Eocene strata (Jaintia Group) of the Mikir hills, Assam, northeastern India (2009) (1)
- A new cyanophycean fossil alga from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaon Kalan, Chhindwara District (M. P.) India (1985) (1)
- Himalayan Cenozoic biotas and climate: an overview of recent advances (2020) (1)
- Correction: First record of the Miocene hominoid Sivapithecus from Kutch, Gujarat state, western India (2019) (1)
- Erratum to: Deccan volcanism, the KT mass extinction and dinosaurs (2010) (0)
- Advanced Intelligence System To Remove Salt & Pepper Noise By Modified Median Filter : A Survey (2019) (0)
- Mammal Dispersion linked to The Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM): New Insights from India. (2012) (0)
- Brainstorming Session on Out-of-India Hypothesis (2009) (0)
- Deccan Volcanism likely cause for K-T Mass Extinction (2009) (0)
- Cyprinid fishes from Eocene molasse deposits (Liyan Formation), India-Asia collision zone, Eastern Ladakh, NW Himalaya, India: implications for non-marine aquatic connections between India and Mainland Asia (2020) (0)
- Sustainable national parks: balancing competing priorities of conservation and recreation (2014) (0)
- Oldest East Gondwanan pycnodont fishes (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Jaisalmer, western India (2022) (0)
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences: An Overview of Recent Advances and Developments (2016) (0)
- Intervertebral and Epiphyseal Fusion in the Postnatal Ontogeny of Cetaceans and Terrestrial Mammals (2014) (0)
- Virtual issue: Land‐ocean linkages and biotic evolution during the Cretaceous: Contribution from Asia and Western Pacific (IGCP608) (2018) (0)
- India’s fossil biota: Current perspectives and emerging approaches (2009) (0)
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences: An Overview of Recent Developments (2016) (0)
- Fossil lizards from the Deccan intertrappean beds (latest Cretaceous / earliest Paleocene) of lower Narmada basin, Malwa Plateau, India (2022) (0)
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