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| 2 | A guide to the nomenclature of heterochrony | Journal of Paleontology | 1986 | 278 |
| 3 | Re-examination of the statistical methods used to determine the number of point counts needed for micropaleontological quantitative research | Journal of Paleontology | 1989 | 278 |
| 4 | Paleobiology of a Neoproterozoic tidal flat/lagoonal complex: the Draken Conglomerate Formation, Spitsbergen | Journal of Paleontology | 1991 | 210 |
| 5 | Morphological variations of benthic foraminiferal tests in response to changes in ecological parameters: a review | Journal of Paleontology | 1991 | 208 |
| 6 | Trends as changes in variance: a new slant on progress and directionality in evolution | Journal of Paleontology | 1988 | 205 |
| 7 | Biodiversity: Past, Present, and Future | Journal of Paleontology | 1997 | 204 |
| 8 | The phylogenetic position of the Tyrannosauridae: implications for theropod systematics | Journal of Paleontology | 1994 | 189 |
| 9 | MACROSCOPIC CARBONACEOUS COMPRESSIONS IN A TERMINAL PROTEROZOIC SHALE: A SYSTEMATIC REASSESSMENT OF THE MIAOHE BIOTA, SOUTH CHINA | Journal of Paleontology | 2002 | 186 |
| 10 | Chronostratigraphy and “Land-Mammal Ages” in the Cenozoic of southern South America: principles, practices, and the “Uquian” problem | Journal of Paleontology | 1995 | 182 |
| 11 | Long expected sponges from the Neoproterozoic Ediacara fauna of South Australia | Journal of Paleontology | 1996 | 181 |
| 12 | The optimal acetate buffered acetic acid technique for extracting phosphatic fossils | Journal of Paleontology | 1999 | 175 |
| 13 | Macroscopic carbonaceous compressions in a terminal Proterozoic shale: A systematic reassessment of the Miaohe biota, south China | Journal of Paleontology | 2002 | 175 |
| 14 | PHOSPHATIZED ANIMAL EMBRYOS FROM THE NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO FORMATION AT WENG'AN, GUIZHOU, SOUTH CHINA | Journal of Paleontology | 2000 | 169 |
| 15 | Biological and environmental rhythms reflected in molluscan shell growth | Journal of Paleontology | 1968 | 145 |
| 16 | The youngest Ediacaran fossils from Southern Africa | Journal of Paleontology | 1997 | 144 |
| 17 | A device for precision splitting of micropaleontological samples in liquid suspension | Journal of Paleontology | 1993 | 141 |
| 18 | VASE-SHAPED MICROFOSSILS FROM THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CHUAR GROUP, GRAND CANYON: A CLASSIFICATION GUIDED BY MODERN TESTATE AMOEBAE | Journal of Paleontology | 2003 | 140 |
| 19 | ORIENTATION AND ANATOMICAL NOTATION IN CONODONTS | Journal of Paleontology | 2000 | 139 |
| 20 | Ichnology of an Upper Carboniferous fluvio-estuarine paleovalley: The Tonganoxie Sandstone, Buildex Quarry, Eastern Kansas, USA | Journal of Paleontology | 1998 | 138 |
| 21 | Vase-shaped microfossils from the Neoproterozoic Chuar Group, Grand Canyon: A classification guided by modern testate amoebae | Journal of Paleontology | 2003 | 138 |
| 22 | Patterns of Evolution of the Ediacaran Soft-Bodied Biota | Journal of Paleontology | 2014 | 138 |
| 23 | Trilobite malformations and the fossil record of behavioral asymmetry | Journal of Paleontology | 1993 | 133 |
| 24 | A revised chitinozoan classification | Journal of Paleontology | 1999 | 132 |
| 25 | Ichnofacies and bathymetry: a passive relationship | Journal of Paleontology | 1990 | 131 |
| 26 | A NEW FOSSIL RESIN WITH BIOLOGICAL INCLUSIONS IN LOWER CRETACEOUS DEPOSITS FROM ÁLAVA (NORTHERN SPAIN, BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN) | Journal of Paleontology | 2000 | 130 |
| 27 | The Placentian Series: appearance of the oldest skeletalized faunas in southeastern Newfoundland | Journal of Paleontology | 1989 | 129 |
| 28 | Earliest Triassic origin of Isoetes and quillwort evolutionary radiation | Journal of Paleontology | 1997 | 126 |
| 29 | A divergence dating analysis of turtles using fossil calibrations: an example of best practices | Journal of Paleontology | 2013 | 125 |
| 30 | Another look at confidence limits for species proportions | Journal of Paleontology | 1990 | 124 |
| 31 | A statistical study ofRhamphorhynchusfrom the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: Year-classes of a single large species | Journal of Paleontology | 1995 | 123 |
| 32 | The “evolution” of Anomalocaris and its classification in the arthropod class Dinocarida (nov.) and order Radiodonta (nov.) | Journal of Paleontology | 1996 | 122 |
| 33 | Phosphatized acanthomorphic acritarchs and related microfossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation at Weng'an (South China) and their implications for biostratigraphic correlation | Journal of Paleontology | 2014 | 118 |
| 34 | Ediacaran biota on Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada | Journal of Paleontology | 2008 | 112 |
| 35 | The petrosal and inner ear ofHerpetocetussp. (Mammalia: Cetacea) and their implications for the phylogeny and hearing of archaic mysticetes | Journal of Paleontology | 1996 | 110 |
| 36 | Relationships of Cambrian Arachnata and the systematic position of Trilobita | Journal of Paleontology | 1999 | 110 |
| 37 | CONTINENTAL INSECT BORINGS IN DINOSAUR BONE: EXAMPLES FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR AND UTAH | Journal of Paleontology | 2007 | 110 |
| 38 | Micropaleontology of the lower Mesoproterozoic Roper Group, Australia, and implications for early eukaryotic evolution | Journal of Paleontology | 2017 | 110 |
| 39 | Oribatid mite fossils from a terrestrial Devonian deposit near Gilboa, New York | Journal of Paleontology | 1988 | 107 |
| 40 | When Life Got Smart: The Evolution of Behavioral Complexity Through the Ediacaran and Early Cambrian of NW Canada | Journal of Paleontology | 2014 | 107 |
| 41 | Systematics and phylogeny of the late Osagean and Meramecian crinoids Platycrinites and Eucladocrinus from the Mississippian stratotype region | Journal of Paleontology | 1990 | 105 |
| 42 | Morphology ofAnomalocaris canadensisfrom the Burgess Shale | Journal of Paleontology | 2014 | 104 |
| 43 | ADRIOSAURUSAND THE AFFINITIES OF MOSASAURS, DOLICHOSAURS, AND SNAKES | Journal of Paleontology | 2000 | 103 |
| 44 | Trace fossils and depositional sequences in a clastic shelf setting, Upper Cretaceous of Utah | Journal of Paleontology | 1990 | 102 |
| 45 | Middle Jurassic inoceramids from Argentina | Journal of Paleontology | 1990 | 100 |
| 46 | A buffered formic acid technique for conodont extraction | Journal of Paleontology | 1995 | 100 |
| 47 | Cambrian predators: possible evidence from boreholes | Journal of Paleontology | 1994 | 99 |
| 48 | PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF LATEST ORDOVICIAN GRAPTOLITE EXTINCTION AND RECOVERY BASED ON DATA FROM SOUTH CHINA | Journal of Paleontology | 2005 | 98 |
| 49 | Permineralized Fossils from the Terminal Proterozoic Doushantuo Formation, South China | Journal of Paleontology | 1998 | 97 |
| 50 | Middle Cambrian arthropods from Utah | Journal of Paleontology | 2008 | 95 |