* Student author
* Student author
2026
42. Dowding, E. M., Skawina, A., De Baets, K., Clements, T., Dentzien-Dias, P., Huntley, J. W., Kocsis, Á. T., Labandeira, C. C., Liow, L. H., Petsios, E., Rojas, A., Smith, J.A., Vanadzina, K. & Chattopadhyay, D. 2026. Interpreting Biotic Interactions in the Fossil Record: Evidence and Evolutionary Significance. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Vol. 57, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102924-044136
41. Joshi, A.*, Venu Gopal, K.*, Jukar, A. M., Khanna, P., & Chattopadhyay, D. 2026. Late Oligocene dugongid remains from India: insights into past seagrass-sirenian associations in the eastern Tethys. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2669281.
2025
40. Joshi, J., Dey, P., Mohan, A. V., Barve, V., Prasad, G. V., Goswami, A., ... & Chattopadhyay, D. 2025. Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 146(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf100
39. Smith, J. A., Dowding, E. M., Abdelhady, A. A., Abondio, P., Araújo, R., Aze, T., ......Chattopadhyaya, D., ......... & Kiessling, W., 2025. Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project. Paleobiology, 1-24.
38. Dunne, E. M., Chattopadhyay, D., Dean, C. D., Dillon, E. M., Dowding, E. M., Godoy, P. L., Smith, J. A., & Raja, N. B., 2025. Data equity in paleobiology: progress, challenges, and future outlook, Paleobiology. Vol - 51, p. 237 - 249.
37. Venu Gopal, K. *, Chattopadhyay, D., Dutta, S.* 2025. Oligo-Miocene marine bivalves from the Kutch Basin (western India) and their biogeographic implications in the context of Tethyan closure, Historical Biology. Vol - 34, p. 1–24.
2024
36. Chattopadhyay, D., Nawrot, R., Zuschin, M. 2024. Inferring signature of past intra-predatory competition from drilling predation patterns: Insights from Red Sea and Adriatic Sea death assemblages, Palaios. Vol - 39, p. 264–276, doi: 10.2110/palo.2023.013
35. Chattopadhyay, D., Venu Gopal, K.*, Dahakey, A.* 2024. The effect of the Tethyan seaway closure on the Oligo-Miocene marine benthic diversity and distribution around Eurasia. Dupont-Nivet, G., Jonell, T. N., Dommain, R. and Clift, P. D. (eds) Asian Geodynamics, Climate and Biodiversity. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 549(1), doi: 10.1144/SP549-2023-165
2023
34. Bhattacherjee, M.*, Chattopadhyay, D. 2023: Community evenness and sample size affect estimates of predation intensity and prey selection: A model-based validation. BIORXIV, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.18.500550
33. Bhattacherjee, M.*, Chattopadhyay, D. 2023: Controls of spatial grain size and environmental variables on observed beta diversity of molluscan assemblage at a regional scale. BIORXIV, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.02.514806
2022
32. Dutta, S.*, Chattopadhyay, D., 2022: Response of the Oligo-Miocene bivalve fauna of the Kutch Basin (Western India) to regional tectonic events. Palaios. Vol-37, p-73–87
31. Chandroth, A.*, Chattopadhyay, D., 2022: Micromorphy offers effective defence against predation: insights from the cost-benefit analyses of microgastropod predation record. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Vol-33, p- 63-81
30. Raja, N. B., Dunne, E. M., Matiwane, A., Khan, T. M., Nätscher, P. S., Ghilardi, A. M., Chattopadhyay, D., 2022: Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Vol - 6, p- 145–154
2021
29. Chattopadhyay, D., Sarkar, D.*, Bhattacharjee, M.*, 2021: The distribution pattern of marine bivalve death assemblage from the western margin of Bay of Bengal and its oceanographic determinants. Frontiers in Marine Science. Vol-8, p-613
28. Bhattacherjee, M.*, Chattopadhyay, D., Som, B.*, Sankar, A. S. *, Mazumder, S. 2021: Molluscan live-dead fidelity of a storm-dominated shallow-marine setting and its implications. Palaios. Vol-36, p- 77-93
27. Chattopadhyay, D. , 2021. Book Review: Actualistic Taphonomy in South America. Sergio Martínez, Alejandra Rojas, and Fernanda Cabrera (Eds.) . 336 pp. Topics in Geobiology, Springer, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-030-20624-6 (paper). ISBN 978-3-030-20625-3 (ebook). Ameghiniana, Vol-58, p-72-73
2020
26. Thangarathinam, V.*, Chattopadhyay, D.: Barnacle encrustation on molluscan prey offers associational resistance against drilling predation. BIORXIV/2020/139931
25. Chattopadhyay, D.*, Kella, VGS.*, Chattopadhyay, D. 2020: Effectiveness of small size against drilling predation: Insights from lower Miocene faunal assemblage of Quilon Limestone, India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-551, p. 109742.
24. Dutta, S.*, Chattopadhyay, D., Chattopadhyay, D.*, Misra, S., Turchyn, A., 2019: Strontium stratigraphy of the Oligocene-early Miocene shellbeds of Kutch, western India and its implication. Lethaia. Vol-53, p- 382-395
2019
23. Klompmaker, A. A., Kelley, P. H., Chattopadhyay, D., Clements, J. C., Huntley, J. W., Kowalewski, M., 2019: Predation in the marine fossil record: Studies, data, recognition, environmental factors, and behavior. Earth-Science Reviews. Vol-194, p. 472-520.
22. Chattopadhyay, D.*, Chattopadhyay, D., 2019: Absence of general rules governing molluscan body-size response to climatic fluctuation during the Cenozoic. Historical Biology. Vol - 32, p- 1071-1080
21. Sarkar, D.*, Bhattacherjee, M.*, & Chattopadhyay, D., 2019: Influence of regional environment in guiding the spatial distribution of marine bivalves along the Indian coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Vol - 99, p- 163-177. DOI:10.1017/S0025315417001837
2017
20. Nawrot, R., Albano, P., Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., 2017: Climate change and body size shift in Mediterranean bivalve assemblages: unexpected role of biological invasions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. Vol-248, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0357
19. Chattopadhyay, D., 2017: Predation to climate change: what does a fossil shell tell us?, Current Science, Vol-112, p. 1489-1493 (Invited article)
2016
18. Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., Dominici, S., Sawyer, J. A., 2016: Patterns of drilling predation in relation to stratigraphy, locality and sieve size: Insights from the Eocene molluscan fauna of the Paris Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-459, p. 86-98
2015
17. Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., Tomasovych, A., 2015: How effective are ecological traits against drilling predation? Insights from Recent bivalve assemblages of the northern Red Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-440, p. 659-670
16. Nawrot, R., Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., 2015: What guides invasion success? Ecological correlates of arrival, establishment and spread of Red Sea bivalves in the Mediterranean Sea. Diversity and Distributions. Vol-21, p. 1075-1086
15. Das, S.*, Chattopadhyay, D., Chattopadhyay, D.*, 2015: The effect of hunger on drilling behaviour of Natica tigrina: An experimental assessment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-429, p. 57-61
2014
14. Chattopadhyay, D., Sarkar, D.*, Dutta, S.*, Prasanjit, S. R.*, 2014: What controls cannibalism in drilling gastropods: A case study on Natica tigrina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-410, p. 126-133
13. Chattopadhyay, D., Zuschin, M., Tomasovych, A. 2014: Effects of a high-risk environment on edge-drilling behavior: Inference from Recent bivalves from the Red Sea. Paleobiology. Vol-40, p. 34-49
2013
12. Chattopadhyay, D., Rathie, A.*, Miller, D., Baumiller, T. K. 2013: Hydrodynamic effects of drill holes on post-mortem transportation of bivalve shells and its taphonomic implications. Palaios. Vol-28, p. 875-884
11. Chattopadhyay, D., Rathie, A.*, Das, A.*, 2013: The effect of morphology on post-mortem transportation of bivalve and its taphonomic implications. Palaios. Vol-28, p. 203-209
10. Chattopadhyay, D., Dutta, S.*, 2013: Prey selection by drilling predators: A case study from Miocene of Kutch, India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol-374, p. 187-196
2012
9. Bardhan, S., Chattopadhyay, D., Mondal, S., Das, S., Mallick, S., Roy, A., Chanda, P. 2012: Record of intense predatory drilling from Upper Jurassic bivalves of Kutch, India: Implications for the history of biotic interaction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 317-318, p. 153-161
2011
8. Chattopadhyay, D., 2011: First evidence of predatory drilling from Upper Cretaceous Eutaw formation (Santonian), Georgia. Southeastern Geology.Vol-48, No.1, p.37-44
7. Chattopadhyay, D., 2011: Mussels: Their common enemies and adaptive defenses. In L. E. McGevin (Ed.) Mussels: Anatomy, habitat and Environmental impact. Chapter-23, pp. 503-520, Nova Science Publishers Inc., NY
Before 2011
6. Chattopadhyay, D., Baumiller, T. K. 2010: Effect of durophagy on drilling predation: A case study of Cenozoic molluscs from North America. Historical Biology. Vol-22, No.4, p.367-379
5. Chattopadhyay, D., Baumiller, T. K. 2009: An experimental assessment of penetration, excavation and consumption rates of the muricid gastropod, Nucella lamellosa. Journal of Shellfish Research. Vol-28, No. 4, p. 1-7
4. Casey, M., Chattopadhyay, D., 2008: Clumping behavior: an anti-predatory strategy against drilling predation, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol-367, No. 2, p. 124-129.
3. Chattopadhyay, D., Baumiller, T. K. 2007: Drilling under threat: An experimental assessment of the drilling behavior of Nucella lamellosa in the presence of a predator. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol-352, No. 1, p. 257-266
2. Chattopadhyay, D., 2004: New record of a coral-mollusca reefal community from the Early Tertiary of Kutch, Gujarat. Indian Minerals, Vol-58, No. 3 & 4, p. 169-182.
1. Bardhan, S., Chattopadhyay, D., 2003: The mesozoic marine revolution: an overview of a biological "Arms race". Indian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol-30, No.1-4, p.1-28