| The Genome of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus E Sodergren, GM Weinstock, EH Davidson, RA Cameron, RA Gibbs, ... Science 314 (5801), 941-952, 2006 | 1281 | 2006 |
| A semiquantitative field classification of ichnofabric ML Droser, DJ Bottjer Journal of Sedimentary Research 56 (4), 1986 | 850 | 1986 |
| Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebrates J Alroy, M Aberhan, DJ Bottjer, M Foote, FT Fürsich, PJ Harries, ... Science 321 (5885), 97-100, 2008 | 812 | 2008 |
| Trace-fossil model for reconstruction of paleo-oxygenation in bottom waters CE Savrda, DJ Bottjer Geology 14 (1), 3-6, 1986 | 508 | 1986 |
| The Cambrian substrate revolution DJ Bottjer, JW Hagadorn, SQ Dornbos GSA today 10 (9), 1-7, 2000 | 490 | 2000 |
| Tiering in suspension-feeding communities on soft substrata throughout the Phanerozoic WI Ausich, DJ Bottjer Science 216 (4542), 173-174, 1982 | 425 | 1982 |
| Early Triassic stromatolites as post-mass extinction disaster forms JK Schubert, DJ Bottjer Geology 20 (10), 883-886, 1992 | 408 | 1992 |
| Wrinkle structures: Microbially mediated sedimentary structures common in subtidal siliciclastic settings at the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition JW Hagadorn, DJ Bottjer Geology 25 (11), 1047-1050, 1997 | 377 | 1997 |
| Onshore-offshore patterns in the evolution of Phanerozoic shelf communities D Jablonski, JJ Sepkoski Jr, DJ Bottjer, PM Sheehan Science 222 (4628), 1123-1125, 1983 | 368 | 1983 |
| Aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event: Paleoecology of Lower Triassic carbonates in the western USA JK Schubert, DJ Bottjer Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 116 (1-2), 1-39, 1995 | 361 | 1995 |
| Phanerozoic development of tiering in soft substrata suspension-feeding communities DJ Bottjer, WI Ausich Paleobiology 12 (4), 400-420, 1986 | 338 | 1986 |
| Development of a comprehensive oxygen-deficient marine biofacies model: evidence from Santa Monica, San Pedro, and Santa Barbara Basins, California Continental Borderland CE Savrda, DJ Bottjer, DS Gorsline AAPG bulletin 68 (9), 1179-1192, 1984 | 333 | 1984 |
| Small bilaterian fossils from 40 to 55 million years before the Cambrian JY Chen, DJ Bottjer, P Oliveri, SQ Dornbos, F Gao, S Ruffins, H Chi, ... Science 305 (5681), 218-222, 2004 | 313 | 2004 |
| Oxygen-related biofacies in marine strata: an overview and update CE Savrda, DJ Bottjer Geological Society, London, Special Publications 58 (1), 201-219, 1991 | 287 | 1991 |
| Paleoenvironmental patterns in the evolution of post-Paleozoic benthic marine invertebrates DJ Bottjer, D Jablonski Palaios, 540-560, 1988 | 269 | 1988 |
| A new ecological-severity ranking of major Phanerozoic biodiversity crises GR McGhee Jr, ME Clapham, PM Sheehan, DJ Bottjer, ML Droser Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 370, 260-270, 2013 | 268 | 2013 |
| Lower Triassic large sea-floor carbonate cements: their origin and a mechanism for the prolonged biotic recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction AD Woods, DJ Bottjer, M Mutti, J Morrison Geology 27 (7), 645-648, 1999 | 257 | 1999 |
| Ecological ranking of Phanerozoic biodiversity crises: ecological and taxonomic severities are decoupled GR McGhee Jr, PM Sheehan, DJ Bottjer, ML Droser Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 211 (3-4), 289-297, 2004 | 256 | 2004 |
| Restriction of a late Neoproterozoic biotope; suspect-microbial structures and trace fossils at the Vendian-Cambrian transition JW Hagadorn, DJ Bottjer Palaios 14 (1), 73-85, 1999 | 252 | 1999 |
| Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian Z Yin, M Zhu, EH Davidson, DJ Bottjer, F Zhao, P Tafforeau Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (12), E1453-E1460, 2015 | 245 | 2015 |
