| The impact of bioturbation on infaunal ecology and evolution during the Proterozoic-Cambrian transition D McIlroy, GA Logan Palaios 14 (1), 58-72, 1999 | 248 | 1999 |
| Some ichnological concepts, methodologies, applications and frontiers D McIlroy Geological Society, London, Special Publications 228 (1), 3-27, 2004 | 172 | 2004 |
| The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis: introduction D McIlroy Geological Society, London, Special Publications 228 (1), 1-2, 2004 | 166 | 2004 |
| Ichnological evidence for meiofaunal bilaterians from the terminal Ediacaran and earliest Cambrian of Brazil LA Parry, PC Boggiani, DJ Condon, RJ Garwood, JM Leme, D McIlroy, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (10), 1455-1464, 2017 | 136 | 2017 |
| Bioturbation influence on reservoir quality: a case study from the Cretaceous Ben Nevis Formation, Jeanne d'Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland, Canada NS Tonkin, D McIlroy, R Meyer, A Moore-Turpin AAPG bulletin 94 (7), 1059-1078, 2010 | 131 | 2010 |
| Ichnofabrics and sedimentary facies of a tide-dominated delta: Jurassic Ile Formation of Kristin Field, Haltenbanken, offshore Mid-Norway D McIlroy Geological Society, London, Special Publications 228 (1), 237-272, 2004 | 131 | 2004 |
| Palaeobiology and evolution of the earliest agglutinated Foraminifera: Platysolenites, Spirosolenites and related forms D McIlroy, OR Green, MD Brasier Lethaia 34 (1), 13-29, 2001 | 130 | 2001 |
| Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma) AG Liu, JJ Matthews, LR Menon, D McIlroy, MD Brasier Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1793), 20141202, 2014 | 126 | 2014 |
| Effaced preservation in the Ediacara biota and its implications for the early macrofossil record AG Liu, D Mcilroy, JB Antcliffe, MD Brasier Palaeontology 54 (3), 607-630, 2011 | 111 | 2011 |
| Experimental production of clay rims by macrobiotic sediment ingestion and excretion processes SJ Needham, RH Worden, D McIlroy Journal of Sedimentary Research 75 (6), 1028-1037, 2005 | 99 | 2005 |
| Sedimentology of the tide-dominated Jurassic Lajas Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina D McIlroy, S Flint, JA Howell, N Timms Geological Society, London, Special Publications 252 (1), 83-107, 2005 | 98 | 2005 |
| Evidence for Cnidaria-like behavior in ca. 560 Ma Ediacaran Aspidella LR Menon, D McIlroy, MD Brasier Geology 41 (8), 895-898, 2013 | 95 | 2013 |
| A chronostratigraphic framework for the rise of the Ediacaran macrobiota: new constraints from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland JJ Matthews, AG Liu, C Yang, D McIlroy, B Levell, DJ Condon Bulletin 133 (3-4), 612-624, 2021 | 94 | 2021 |
| Fossils and matgrounds from the Neoproterozoic Longmyndian Supergroup, Shropshire, UK D McIlroy, TP Crimes, JC Pauley Geological Magazine 142 (4), 441-455, 2005 | 92 | 2005 |
| Ichnological analysis: the common ground between ichnofacies workers and ichnofabric analysts D McIlroy Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 270 (3-4), 332-338, 2008 | 90 | 2008 |
| Ediacaran fossil preservation: taphonomy and diagenesis of a discoid biota from the Amadeus Basin, central Australia NB Mapstone, D McIlroy Precambrian Research 149 (3-4), 126-148, 2006 | 89 | 2006 |
| Microbial mats implicated in the generation of intrastratal shrinkage (‘synaeresis’) cracks D Harazim, RHT Callow, D Mcilroy Sedimentology 60 (7), 1621-1638, 2013 | 85 | 2013 |
| Ethology of the trace fossil Chondrites: form, function and environment A Baucon, M Bednarz, S Dufour, F Felletti, G Malgesini, CN De Carvalho, ... Earth-Science Reviews 202, 102989, 2020 | 83 | 2020 |
| Neonereites uniserialis from c. 600 Ma year old rocks in western Scotland and the emergence of animals MD Brasier, D McIlroy Journal of the Geological Society 155 (1), 5-12, 1998 | 78 | 1998 |
| A reconsideration of the biogenicity of Arumberia banksi Glaessner & Walter D McIlroy, MR Walter Alcheringa 21 (1), 79-80, 1997 | 77 | 1997 |
