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1 | Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1988 | 461 |
2 | A nomenclature for vertebral laminae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaurs | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1999 | 399 |
3 | Closure of neurocentral sutures during crocodilian ontogeny: Implications for maturity assessment in fossil archosaurs | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1996 | 389 |
4 | A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Study of Amiid Fishes (Amiidae) Based on Comparative Skeletal Anatomy. an Empirical Search for Interconnected Patterns of Natural History | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1998 | 382 |
5 | Tooth morphology and prey preference of Mesozoic marine reptiles | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1987 | 354 |
6 | Long bone histology of the hadrosaurid dinosaurMaiasaura peeblesorum: growth dynamics and physiology based on an ontogenetic series of skeletal elements | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2000 | 299 |
7 | Skeletal indicators of locomotor behavior in living and extinct carnivores | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1987 | 287 |
8 | Distinguishing the effects of the Red queen and Court Jester on Miocene mammal evolution in the northern Rocky Mountains | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2001 | 259 |
9 | A proposal for a standard terminology of anatomical notation and orientation in fossil vertebrate dentitions | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2003 | 245 |
10 | A beaked herbivorous archosaur with dinosaur affinities from the early Late Triassic of Poland | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2003 | 231 |
11 | The osteology ofMasiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2002 | 219 |
12 | Type material of the type species of the classic theropod footprint generaEubrontes, Anchisauripus, andGrallator(Early Jurassic, Hartford and Deerfield basins, Connecticut and Massachusetts, U.S.A.) | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1998 | 213 |
13 | CRANIOFACIAL ANATOMY OFMAJUNGASAURUS CRENATISSIMUS(THEROPODA: ABELISAURIDAE) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2007 | 213 |
14 | The Evolution of the Antorbital Cavity of Archosaurs: A Study in Soft-Tissue Reconstruction in the Fossil Record with an Analysis of the Function of Pneumaticity | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1997 | 211 |
15 | Axial skeleton ontogeny in the Parasuchia (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its implications for ontogenetic determination in archosaurs | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2007 | 207 |
16 | New information on the systematics and postcranial skeleton ofHerrerasaurus ischigualastensis(Theropoda: Herrerasauridae) from the Ischigualasto Formation (Upper Triassic) of Argentina | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1994 | 205 |
17 | Origin of Mammalia: The craniodental evidence reexamined | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1991 | 197 |
18 | The phylogeny of the Craniata, with particular reference to the significance of fossil “agnathans” | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1981 | 195 |
19 | Early Evolution and Higher-Level Phylogeny of Sauropod Dinosaurs | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1998 | 194 |
20 | Craniofacial ontogeny in Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria) | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1999 | 191 |
21 | Lesothosaurus, “Fabrosaurids,” and the early evolution of Ornithischia | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1991 | 188 |
22 | Osteology and Phylogenetic Relationships of Fossil and Recent Paddlefishes (Polyodontidae) with Comments on the Interrelationships of Acipenseriformes | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1991 | 187 |
23 | Dinosaur monophyly | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1996 | 185 |
24 | The evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2003 | 184 |
25 | Problems due to missing data in phylogenetic analyses including fossils: a critical review | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2003 | 183 |
26 | Basal Archosaurs: Phylogenetic Relationships and Functional Implications | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1991 | 182 |
27 | Phylogeny of the Crocodylotarsi, with reference to archosaurian and crurotarsan monophyly | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1993 | 179 |
28 | Mammalian herbivore communities, ancient feeding ecology, and carbon isotopes: A 10 million-year sequence from the Neogene of Florida | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1996 | 178 |
29 | Growth in small dinosaurs and pterosaurs: the evolution of archosaurian growth strategies | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2004 | 177 |
30 | The skull and neck of the basal theropodHerrerasaurus ischigualastensis | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1994 | 176 |
31 | Dinosaurian precursors from the Middle Triassic of Argentina:Marasuchus lilloensis, gen. nov. | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1994 | 175 |
32 | New information on the anatomy and relationships ofDromaeosaurus albertensis(Dinosauria: Theropoda) | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1995 | 173 |
33 | Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1999 | 170 |
34 | Osteology ofTyrannosaurus Rex: Insights from a nearly complete Skeleton and High-Resolution Computed Tomographic Analysis of the Skull | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2003 | 170 |
35 | Bipedalism, flight, and the evolution of theropod locomotor diversity | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1997 | 165 |
36 | Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1999 | 157 |
37 | Petrosals of Late Cretaceous marsupials from North America, and a cladistic analysis of the petrosal in therian mammals | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1990 | 153 |
38 | Ontogenetic histology ofApatosaurus(Dinosauria: Sauropoda): New insights on growth rates and longevity | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1999 | 153 |
39 | A new species ofAraripesuchus(Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the lower Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina) | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2000 | 148 |
40 | The postcranial osteology of Rapetosaurus krausei (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2009 | 147 |
41 | A proposed terminology of theropod teeth (Dinosauria, Saurischia) | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2015 | 145 |
42 | The pectoral girdle and forelimb of the basal theropodHerrerasaurus ischigualastensis | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1994 | 143 |
43 | Bird-like characteristics of the jaws and teeth of troodontid theropods (Dinosauria, Saurischia) | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1987 | 142 |
44 | Incomplete taxa, incomplete characters, and phylogenetic accuracy: is there a missing data problem? | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2003 | 140 |
45 | An articulated specimen of the basal titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda)Epachthosaurus sciuttoifrom the early Late Cretaceous Bajo Barreal Formation of Chubut Province, Argentina | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2004 | 140 |
46 | A new species of the theropod dinosaurSyntarsusfrom the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1989 | 137 |
47 | Effect of ontogenetic-age distribution in fossil and modern samples on the interpretation of ungulate paleodiets using the mesowear method | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2007 | 137 |
48 | Reconstruction of the cranial vessels in the Early Cretaceous mammalVincelestes neuquenianus: implications for the evolution of the mammalian cranial vascular system | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1992 | 134 |
49 | The Early Cretaceous mammalGobiconodon(Mammalia, Triconodonta) from the Cloverly Formation in Montana | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1988 | 133 |
50 | A new method to calculate allometric length-mass relationships of dinosaurs | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 2001 | 133 |