IITKGP

Sanghamitra Ray

Professor

Geology and Geophysics

+91-3222-283394

sray@gg.iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Presiding Officer, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

Research Areas

  • Vertebrate Palaeontology
  • Palaeobiology
  • Bone Histology
  • Gondwana Stratigraphy
I work on fossilized remains of vertebrates that are more than 200 million years old and deduce the once-living dynamic animals that lived in the geological past. The research work involves examination of their functional morphology and bone histology to decipher paleobiology such as feeding mechanism and /or diet, posture and locomotion, habitat, bone tissue type, growth regime, lifestyle adaptations, and evolutionary trends to obtain a comprehensive picture of the animal behind behind the fossil bones. The ultimate aim is to attempt a reconstruction of the paleo-ecosystem. 
  • A new Late Triassic traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from India. Ray, S. By Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.930472 - (2015)
  • New Aspects of Mesozoic Biodiversity Ray, S., Bandyopadhyay, S. and Appana, R. By Bone histology of a kannemeyeriid dicynodont Wadiasaurus: palaeobiological implications. 73-89 (2010)
  • A new Hyperodapedon (Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria) from the Upper Triassic of India: implications for rhynchosaur phylogeny. Mukherjee D. and Ray S. By Palaeontology 57 1241-1276 (2014)
  • Upper Gondwana succession of the Rewa basin, India: understanding the interrelationship of lithologic and stratigraphic variables. Mukherjee, D., Ray, S., Pal, S., Chandra, S. and Bandyopadhyay, S. By Journal of the Geological Society of India 79 563-575 (2012)
  • Taphonomy of an Upper Triassic vertebrate bonebed: A new rhynchosaur (Reptilia; Archosauromorpha) accumulation from India. Mukherjee D. and Ray S. By Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 333-334 75-91 (2012)
  • Forerunners of Mammals: Radiation, Histology and Biology Ray, S., Botha-Brink, J. and Chinsamy-Turan, A. By Dicynodont growth dynamics and lifestyle adaptations 120-146 (2012)
  • Preliminary observations on the bone microstructure, growth patterns and life habits of some Triassic temnospondyls from India. Mukherjee, D., Ray, S. and Sengupta, D. P. By Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 78-93 (2010)
  • Lystrosaurus (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) from India: Taxonomy, relative growth and cranial dimorphism. Ray, S. By Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 3 203-221 (2005)
  • Diictodon feliceps (Therapsida, Dicynodontia): bone histology, growth and biomechanics. Ray, S. and Chinsamy, A. By Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 180-194 (2004)
  • Endothiodont dicynodonts from the Late Permian Kundaram Formation of India. Ray, S. By Palaeontology 43 375-404 (2000)
  • Co-Principal Investigator

Ph. D. Students

Aishee Sanyal

Area of Research: Vertebrate Palaeontology

Atrayee Haldar

Area of Research: Vertebrate Palaeontology

Pratyusha Sarkar

Area of Research: Vertebrate Palaeontology

Sulagna Sen

Area of Research: Vertebrate Palaeontology

Urmi Chakraborty

Area of Research: Vertebrate Palaeontology