Dr. Santosh Kumar Pandey obtained his Ph.D. in Geology from University of Lucknow in 2011 on the palaeobiological remains of the Bhander Group of the Vindhyan Basin. Now he is Birbal Sahni Research Associate (BSRA) at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India and engaged in palaeobiological studies of the Vindhyan and Marwar Supergroup