Paleobiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Paleobiology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ankylosaurian body armor function and evolution with insights from osteohistology and morphometrics of new specimens from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica35
PAB volume 49 issue 4 Cover25
Fossil Lagerstätten and the enigma of anactualistic fossil preservation24
PAB volume 50 issue 1 Cover24
Aligning paleobiological research with conservation priorities using elasmobranchs as a model18
The category-modifier system: a hierarchical classification scheme for vertebrate tooth marks17
Understanding the appearance of heterospory and derived plant reproductive strategies in the Devonian16
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States16
PAB volume 49 issue 3 Cover15
Punctuated equilibria and a general theory of biology15
From fossils to phylogenies: exploring the integration of paleontological data into Bayesian phylogenetic inference15
Marine biological responses to abrupt climate change in deep time14
All the Earth will not remember: how geographic gaps structure the record of diversity and extinction – CORRIGENDUM14
Paleobiogeographic insights gained from ecological niche models: progress and continued challenges13
History of Native American land and natural resource policy in the United States: impacts on the field of paleontology13
Growth rate affects blood flow rate to the tibia of the dinosaur Maiasaura13
Spatial heterogeneity in benthic foraminiferal assemblages tracks regional impacts of paleoenvironmental change across Cretaceous OAE212
A new approach for investigating spatial relationships of ichnofossils: a case study of Ediacaran–Cambrian animal traces12
The evolution of hearing and brain size in Eocene whales10
Global Phanerozoic biodiversity—can variation be explained by spatial sampling intensity?10
PAB volume 48 issue 1 Cover and Front matter9
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic9
Reflections on punctuated equilibria9
Is 3D, a more accurate quantitative method than 2D, crucial for analyzing disparity patterns in extinct marine arthropods (Trilobita)?9
Influence of phylogeny on the estimation of diet from dental morphology in the Carnivora9
The taphonomic clock in fish otoliths8
Growth allometry and dental topography in Upper Triassic conodonts support trophic differentiation and molar-like element function8
Drilling predation on Early Jurassic bivalves and behavioral patterns of the presumed gastropod predator—evidence from Pliensbachian soft-bottom deposits of northern Germany8
PAB volume 47 issue 3 Cover and Front matter8
Paleodiet of Lamini camelids (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the Pleistocene of southern Brazil: insights from stable isotope analysis (δ13C, δ18O)8
Spatial distributions of Tribrachidium, Rugoconites, and Obamus from the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite), South Australia8
Biotic and abiotic factors and the phylogenetic structure of extinction in the evolution of Tethysuchia7
Convergence and constraint in the cranial evolution of mosasaurid reptiles and early cetaceans7
The chondrichthyan fossil record of the Florida Platform (Eocene–Pleistocene)7
The extended common cause: causal links between punctuated evolution and sedimentary processes – ERRATUM7
A new biomechanical approach to cranial suture function: the role of contact elements in linear and nonlinear models7
The Bretskyan hierarchy, multiscale allopatry, and geobiomes—on the nature of evolutionary things7
Geometric morphometrics as a tool for evaluating Eublastoidea morphological variation7
Developmental plasticity in deep time: a window to population ecological inference7
Latitudinal influences on bryozoan calcification through the Paleozoic6
Applying the Prigogine view of dissipative systems to the major transitions in evolution6
Hydrodynamic trade-offs in potential swimming efficiency of planispiral ammonoids6
Developmental change during a speciation event: evidence from planktic foraminifera6
Diversification trajectories and paleobiogeography of Neogene chondrichthyans from Europe5
PAB volume 49 issue 1 Cover and Front matter5
On calibrating the completometer for the mammalian fossil record5
PAB volume 48 issue 2 Cover and Front matter5
Endocranial morphology of three early-diverging ceratopsians and implications for the behavior and the evolution of the endocast in ceratopsians5
The sponge pump as a morphological character in the fossil record5
PAB volume 47 issue 3 Cover and Back matter5
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