Bajpai, Sunil

9 publications

Bajpai, Sunil; Singh, M. P.; Singh, Pratap (detail)
1987	A new sirenian from the Miocene of Kachchh, western India. Jour. Pal. Soc. India 32: 20-25. 1 tab. 1 fig. 1 pl. —Describes Metaxytherium kachchhensis [sic], n.sp., from the Lower Miocene Khari Series.

Bajpai, Sunil; Srivastava, Suresh; Jolly, Asit (detail)
1989	Sirenian-moerithere dichotomy: some evidence from the Middle Eocene of Kachchh, western India. Current Science (Bangalore) 58(6): 304-306. 2 figs. Mar. 20, 1989. —

Bajpai, Sunil; Domning, Daryl Paul (detail)

1997

A new dugongine sirenian from the early Miocene of India.
Jour. Vert. Pal. 17(1): 219-228. 3 tabs. 6 figs. Apr. 16, 1997.
—Redescribes the holotype skull of Bharatisiren kachchhensis (Bajpai, Singh, and Singh, 1987), n.gen. n.comb., from the Khari Nadi Formation in Kachchh (Kutch). This skull is the best-preserved fossil sirenian specimen so far reported from the Indian Ocean region, and the first fossil from that region that is unequivocally referable to the Dugonginae. It is related cladistically to other dugongines as follows: (Crenatosiren(Dugong(Bharatisiren(other dugongines)))). urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A8B55171-C7A7-4D66-A8B6-149166103E2E

Spoor, F.; Bajpai, Sunil; Hussain, S. Taseer; Kumar, K.; Thewissen, Johannes G. M. (detail)
2002	Vestibular evidence for the evolution of aquatic behaviour in early cetaceans. Nature 417: 163-166. 1 tab. 3 figs. May 9, 2002. —Graphs the relationship of semicircular canal curvature to body mass in Dugong dugon and other mammals; it lies within the range for terrestrial species.

Bajpai, Sunil; Thewissen, Johannes G. M.; Kapur, Vivesh Vir; Tiwari, Brahma N.; Sahni, Ashok (detail)
2006	Eocene and Oligocene sirenians (Mammalia) from Kachchh, India. Jour. Vert. Pal. 26(2): 400-410. 2 tabs. 6 figs. June 12, 2006. —Describes Eotheroides babiae, n.sp. (Middle Eocene) and Bharatisiren indica, n.sp. (Late Oligocene), in addition to other reported taxa.

Bajpai, Sunil; Domning, Daryl Paul; Das, Debi P.; Mishra, Vijay P. (detail)
2009	A new middle Eocene sirenian (Mammalia, Protosirenidae) from India. Neues Jb. Geol. Pal. Abh. 252(3): 257-267. 1 tab. 5 figs. 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0257 June 2009. —Describes Ashokia antiqua n.gen.n.sp. from the early Middle Eoc. (Lutetian) Harudi Formation of Kutch, India. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:91FFF2B4-CD94-4B30-A06D-C0D84E151780

Thewissen, Johannes G. M.; Bajpai, Sunil (detail)
2009	A new Miocene sirenian from Kutch, India. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1): 7-13. 2 tabs. 3 figs. Mar. 2009. —Describes Domningia sodhae, n.gen. n.sp. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E63EF87-F843-42DB-B113-892B6664C2C2

Bajpai, Sunil; Domning, Daryl Paul; Das, Debi P.; Vélez-Juarbe, Jorge; Mishra, Vijay P. (detail)
2010	A new fossil sirenian (Mammalia, Dugonginae) from the Miocene of India. Neues Jb. Geol. Pal. Abh. 258(1): 39-50. 3 tabs. 6 figs. Published online June 2010. —Describes Kutchisiren cylindrica, n.gen.n.sp., from the Lower Miocene (Aquitanian or Burdigalian) Khari Nadi Formation of Kutch, Gujarat, western India. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B3B87E4E-AC64-44C4-8D49-69699BF123DF

Chatterjee, Sankar; Scotese, Christopher R.; Bajpai, Sunil (detail)
2017	The restless Indian Plate and its epic voyage from Gondwana to Asia: Its tectonic, paleoclimatic, and paleobiogeographic evolution. Geological Soc. of America Special Paper 529: iv + 147. Illus. https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE529 Jan. 1, 2017. —Brief summary of Eoc. sir. fossil record in India and elsewhere (88 [Table 11], 92).