| 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 | 813 | 2008 |
| End-Permian mass extinction in the oceans: an ancient analog for the twenty-first century? JL Payne, ME Clapham Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 40, 89-111, 2012 | 375 | 2012 |
| 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, 2012 | 267 | 2012 |
| Paleoecology of the oldest known animal communities: Ediacaran assemblages at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland ME Clapham, GM Narbonne, JG Gehling Paleobiology 29 (4), 527-544, 2003 | 215 | 2003 |
| Acidification, anoxia, and extinction: A multiple logistic regression analysis of extinction selectivity during the Middle and Late Permian ME Clapham, JL Payne Geology 39 (11), 1059-1062, 2011 | 208 | 2011 |
| The double mass extinction revisited: reassessing the severity, selectivity, and causes of the end-Guadalupian biotic crisis (Late Permian) ME Clapham, S Shen, DJ Bottjer Paleobiology 35 (1), 32-50, 2009 | 191 | 2009 |
| Multiple episodes of extensive marine anoxia linked to global warming and continental weathering following the latest Permian mass extinction F Zhang, SJ Romaniello, TJ Algeo, KV Lau, ME Clapham, S Richoz, ... Science advances 4 (4), e1602921, 2018 | 182 | 2018 |
| Paleoenvironmental analysis of the late Neoproterozoic Mistaken Point and Trepassey formations, southeastern Newfoundland DA Wood, RW Dalrymple, GM Narbonne, JG Gehling, ME Clapham Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40 (10), 1375-1391, 2003 | 168 | 2003 |
| Global patterns of insect diversification: towards a reconciliation of fossil and molecular evidence? FL Condamine, ME Clapham, GJ Kergoat Scientific reports 6, 19208, 2016 | 159 | 2016 |
| Ediacaran epifaunal tiering ME Clapham, GM Narbonne Geology 30 (7), 627-630, 2002 | 156 | 2002 |
| Understanding mechanisms for the end-Permian mass extinction and the protracted Early Triassic aftermath and recovery DJ Bottjer, ME Clapham, ML Fraiser, CM Powers GSA Today 18 (9), 4-10, 2008 | 152 | 2008 |
| Flood basalts and mass extinctions ME Clapham, PR Renne Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 47, 275-303, 2019 | 138 | 2019 |
| Environmental and biotic controls on the evolutionary history of insect body size ME Clapham, JA Karr Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (27), 10927-10930, 2012 | 107 | 2012 |
| The spatial structure of Phanerozoic marine animal diversity RA Close, RBJ Benson, EE Saupe, ME Clapham, RJ Butler Science 368 (6489), 420-424, 2020 | 104 | 2020 |
| Population structure of the oldest known macroscopic communities from Mistaken Point, Newfoundland SAF Darroch, M Laflamme, ME Clapham Paleobiology 39 (4), 591-608, 2013 | 97 | 2013 |
| Arthropods in modern resins reveal if amber accurately recorded forest arthropod communities MMS Kraemer, X Delclòs, ME Clapham, A Arillo, D Peris, P Jäger, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (26), 6739-6744, 2018 | 88 | 2018 |
| Canopy Flow Analysis Reveals the Advantage of Size in the Oldest Communities of Multicellular Eukaryotes M Ghisalberti, DA Gold, M Laflamme, ME Clapham, GM Narbonne, ... Current Biology 24, 305–309, 2014 | 72 | 2014 |
| Thectardis avalonensis: A new Ediacaran fossil from the Mistaken Point biota, Newfoundland ME Clapham, GM Narbonne, JG Gehling, C Greentree, MM Anderson Journal of Paleontology 78 (6), 1031-1036, 2004 | 70 | 2004 |
| Permian marine paleoecology and its implications for large-scale decoupling of brachiopod and bivalve abundance and diversity during the Lopingian (Late Permian) ME Clapham, DJ Bottjer Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249 (3-4), 283-301, 2007 | 63 | 2007 |
| Paleoecology of Early–Middle Permian marine communities in eastern Australia: Response to global climate change in the aftermath of the late Paleozoic ice age ME Clapham, NP James Palaios 23 (11), 738-750, 2008 | 61 | 2008 |
