| Ontogenetic stages in the long bone histology of sauropod dinosaurs N Klein, M Sander Paleobiology 34 (2), 247-263, 2008 | 258 | 2008 |
| Developmental plasticity in the life history of a prosauropod dinosaur PM Sander, N Klein Science 310 (5755), 1800-1802, 2005 | 171 | 2005 |
| Bone histology and growth of the prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus engelhardti von Meyer, 1837 from the Norian bonebeds of Trossingen (Germany) and Frick (Switzerland) N Klein, PM Sander Special Papers in Palaeontology 77, 169, 2007 | 169 | 2007 |
| Adaptive radiation in sauropod dinosaurs: bone histology indicates rapid evolution of giant body size through acceleration PM Sander, N Klein, E Buffetaut, G Cuny, V Suteethorn, J Le Loeuff Organisms Diversity & Evolution 4 (3), 165-173, 2004 | 136 | 2004 |
| European origin of placodont marine reptiles and the evolution of crushing dentition in Placodontia JM Neenan, N Klein, TM Scheyer Nature Communications 4 (1), 1621, 2013 | 122 | 2013 |
| Adaptive patterns in aquatic amniote bone microanatomy—more complex than previously thought A Houssaye, P Martin Sander, N Klein Integrative and Comparative Biology 56 (6), 1349-1369, 2016 | 110 | 2016 |
| Sauropod bone histology and its implications for sauropod biology PM Sander, N Klein, K Stein, O Wings Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: Understanding the life of giants, 276-302, 2011 | 101 | 2011 |
| Long bone histology of Sauropterygia from the Lower Muschelkalk of the Germanic Basin provides unexpected implications for phylogeny N Klein PLoS One 5 (7), e11613, 2010 | 91 | 2010 |
| Skeletochronology and isotopic analysis of a captive individual of Alligator mississippiensis Daudin, 1802 N Klein, T Scheyer, T Tütken Fossil Record 12 (2), 121-131, 2009 | 85 | 2009 |
| A nearly complete skeleton of an early juvenile diplodocid (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Lower Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of north central Wyoming and its … D Schwarz, T Ikejiri, BH Breithaupt, PM Sander, N Klein Historical Biology 19 (3), 225-253, 2007 | 75 | 2007 |
| Aging, maturation and growth of sauropodomorph dinosaurs as deduced from growth curves using long bone histological data: an assessment of methodological constraints and solutions EM Griebeler, N Klein, PM Sander PloS one 8 (6), e67012, 2013 | 68 | 2013 |
| Unique growth pattern of Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Upper Triassic of Krasiejów, Poland D Konietzko-Meier, N Klein Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 370, 145-157, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| Histology shows that elongated neck ribs in sauropod dinosaurs are ossified tendons N Klein, A Christian, PM Sander Biology letters 8 (6), 1032-1035, 2012 | 64 | 2012 |
| Modified laminar bone in Ampelosaurus atacis and other titanosaurs (Sauropoda): implications for life history and physiology N Klein, PM Sander, K Stein, J Le Loeuff, JL Carballido, E Buffetaut PLoS One 7 (5), e36907, 2012 | 64 | 2012 |
| Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans PM Sander, EM Griebeler, N Klein, JV Juarbe, T Wintrich, LJ Revell, ... Science 374 (6575), eabf5787, 2021 | 56 | 2021 |
| How to get big in the Mesozoic: the evolution of the sauropodomorph body plan OWM Rauhut, R Fechner, K Remes, K Reis Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: Understanding the life of giants, 119-149, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Postcranial morphology and growth of the pachypleurosaur Anarosaurus heterodontus (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, The Netherlands N Klein Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86, 389-408, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| Diverse Aquatic Adaptations in Nothosaurus spp. (Sauropterygia)—Inferences from Humeral Histology and Microanatomy N Klein, PM Sander, A Krahl, TM Scheyer, A Houssaye PloS one 11 (7), e0158448, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| The Limits of Growth M Sander, J Hummel, N Klein, M Clauss German Research 29 (3), 16-19, 2007 | 49 | 2007 |
| Evolutionary implications of the divergent long bone histologies of Nothosaurus and Pistosaurus(Sauropterygia, Triassic) A Krahl, N Klein, PM Sander BMC Evolutionary Biology 13, 1-23, 2013 | 48 | 2013 |
