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| Mammalian phytogeny: shaking the tree MJ Novacek Nature 356 (6365), 121-125, 1992 | 836 | 1992 |
| The current biodiversity extinction event: scenarios for mitigation and recovery MJ Novacek, EE Cleland Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (10), 5466-5470, 2001 | 512 | 2001 |
| The rise of oxygen over the past 205 million years and the evolution of large placental mammals PG Falkowski, ME Katz, AJ Milligan, K Fennel, BS Cramer, MP Aubry, ... Science 309 (5744), 2202-2204, 2005 | 402 | 2005 |
| The skull of leptictid insectivorans and the higher-level classification of eutherian mammals. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 183, article 1 MJ Novacek [New York]: American Museum of Natural History, 1986 | 390 | 1986 |
| Cretaceous eutherians and Laurasian origin for placental mammals near the K/T boundary JR Wible, GW Rougier, MJ Novacek, RJ Asher Nature 447 (7147), 1003-1006, 2007 | 348 | 2007 |
| Engaging the public in biodiversity issues MJ Novacek Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (supplement_1), 11571-11578, 2008 | 328 | 2008 |
| Implications of Deltatheridium specimens for early marsupial history GW Rougier, JR Wible, MJ Novacek Nature 396 (6710), 459-463, 1998 | 318 | 1998 |
| Taxic origin and temporal diversity: the effect of phylogeny MA Norell, MJ Novacek, QD Wheeler Extinction and phylogeny, 89-118, 1992 | 304 | 1992 |
| A theropod dinosaur embryo and the affinities of the Flaming Cliffs dinosaur eggs MA Norell, JM Clark, D Demberelyin, B Rhinchen, LM Chiappe, ... Science 266 (5186), 779-782, 1994 | 286 | 1994 |
| Higher‐level relationships of the recent eutherian orders: morphological evidence MJ Novacek, AR Wyss Cladistics 2 (4), 257-287, 1986 | 273 | 1986 |
| Patterns of diversity in the mammalian skull MJ Novacek The skull 2, 438-545, 1993 | 262 | 1993 |
| Stem Lagomorpha and the antiquity of Glires RJ Asher, J Meng, JR Wible, MC McKenna, GW Rougier, D Dashzeveg, ... Science 307 (5712), 1091-1094, 2005 | 254 | 2005 |
| Fossils, topologies, missing data, and the higher level phylogeny of eutherian mammals MJ Novacek Systematic Biology 41 (1), 58-73, 1992 | 248 | 1992 |
| The eutherian mammal Maelestes gobiensis from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and the phylogeny of Cretaceous Eutheria JR Wible, GW Rougier, MJ Novacek, RJ Asher Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2009 (327), 1-123, 2009 | 230 | 2009 |
| The fossil record and evolution: comparing cladistic and paleontologic evidence for vertebrate history MA Norell, MJ Novacek Science 255 (5052), 1690-1693, 1992 | 229 | 1992 |
| Relationships of endemic African mammals and their fossil relatives based on morphological and molecular evidence RJ Asher, MJ Novacek, JH Geisler Journal of Mammalian Evolution 10, 131-194, 2003 | 219 | 2003 |
| South America's earliest rodent and recognition of a new interval of mammalian evolution AR Wyss, JJ Flynn, MA Norell, CC Swisher III, R Charrier, MJ Novacek, ... Nature 365 (6445), 434-437, 1993 | 217 | 1993 |
| Mapping the biosphere: exploring species to understand the origin, organization and sustainability of biodiversity QD Wheeler, S Knapp, DW Stevenson, J Stevenson, SD Blum, BM Boom, ... Systematics and biodiversity 10 (1), 1-20, 2012 | 207 | 2012 |
| New evidence for late Mesozoic-early Cenozoic evolution of the Chilean Andes in the upper Tinguiririca valley (35 S), central Chile R Charrier, AR Wyss, JJ Flynn, CC Swisher III, MA Norell, F Zapatta, ... Journal of South American Earth Sciences 9 (5-6), 393-422, 1996 | 186 | 1996 |
