Sperling, Erik A.

The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals

Erwin, D. H., Laflamme, M., Tweedt, S. M., Sperling, E. A., Pisani, D., & Peterson, K. J. (2011) · Science

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 1,336

Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation

Sperling, E. A., Wolock, C. J., Morgan, A. S., Gill, B. C., Kunzmann, M., Halverson, G. P., Macdonald, F. A., Knoll, A. H., & Johnston, D. T. (2015) · Nature

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 637

The deep evolution of metazoan microRNAs

Wheeler, B. M., Heimberg, A. M., Moy, V. N., Sperling, E. A., Holstein, T. W., Heber, S., & Peterson, K. J. (2009) · Evolution & Development

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 534

Oxygen, ecology, and the Cambrian radiation of animals

Sperling, E. A., Frieder, C. A., Raman, A. V., Girguis, P. R., Levin, L. A., & Knoll, A. H. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 367

Temperature-dependent hypoxia explains biogeography and severity of end-Permian marine mass extinction

Penn, J. L., Deutsch, C., Payne, J. L., & Sperling, E. A. (2018) · Science

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 362

Poriferan paraphyly and its implications for Precambrian palaeobiology

Sperling, E. A., Pisani, D., & Peterson, K. J. (2007) · Geological Society, London, Special Publications

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Cited by 206

The stratigraphic relationship between the Shuram carbon isotope excursion, the oxygenation of Neoproterozoic oceans, and the first appearance of the Ediacara biota and bilaterian trace fossils in northwestern Canada

Macdonald, F. A., Strauss, J. V., Sperling, E. A., Halverson, G. P., Narbonne, G. M., Johnston, D. T., Kunzmann, M., Schrag, D. P., & Higgins, J. A. (2013) · Chemical Geology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological formations and processes

Cited by 200

A placozoan affinity for Dickinsonia and the evolution of late Proterozoic metazoan feeding modes

Sperling, E. A., & Vinther, J. (2010) · Evolution & Development

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 194

Where's the glass? Biomarkers, molecular clocks, and microRNAs suggest a 200‐Myr missing Precambrian fossil record of siliceous sponge spicules

SPERLING, E. A., ROBINSON, J. M., PISANI, D., & PETERSON, K. J. (2010) · Geobiology

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 182

Phylogenetic-signal dissection of nuclear housekeeping genes supports the paraphyly of sponges and the monophyly of Eumetazoa

Sperling, E. A., Peterson, K. J., & Pisani, D. (2009) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Marine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyProtist diversity and phylogeny

Cited by 172

Biotic replacement and mass extinction of the Ediacara biota

Darroch, S. A. F., Sperling, E. A., Boag, T. H., Racicot, R. A., Mason, S. J., Morgan, A. S., Tweedt, S., Myrow, P., Johnston, D. T., Erwin, D. H., et al. (2015) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 160

A basin redox transect at the dawn of animal life

Sperling, E. A., Halverson, G. P., Knoll, A. H., Macdonald, F. A., & Johnston, D. T. (2013) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 153

Redox heterogeneity of subsurface waters in the Mesoproterozoic ocean

Sperling, E. A., Rooney, A. D., Hays, L., Sergeev, V. N., Vorob'eva, N. G., Sergeeva, N. D., Selby, D., Johnston, D. T., & Knoll, A. H. (2014) · Geobiology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 149

On the co‐evolution of surface oxygen levels and animals

Cole, D. B., Mills, D. B., Erwin, D. H., Sperling, E. A., Porter, S. M., Reinhard, C. T., & Planavsky, N. J. (2020) · Geobiology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 141

The Temporal and Environmental Context of Early Animal Evolution: Considering All the Ingredients of an “Explosion”

Sperling, E. A., & Stockey, R. G. (2018) · Integrative and Comparative Biology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 122

Rangeomorphs, Thectardis (Porifera?) and dissolved organic carbon in the Ediacaran oceans: Rangeomorphs, Thectardis and DOC

SPERLING, E. A., PETERSON, K. J., & LAFLAMME, M. (2011) · Geobiology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 112

A long-term record of early to mid-Paleozoic marine redox change

Sperling, E. A., Melchin, M. J., Fraser, T., Stockey, R. G., Farrell, U. C., Bhajan, L., Brunoir, T. N., Cole, D. B., Gill, B. C., Lenz, A., et al. (2021) · Science Advances

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 85

Sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic eras

Stockey, R. G., Cole, D. B., Farrell, U. C., Agić, H., Boag, T. H., Brocks, J. J., Canfield, D. E., Cheng, M., Crockford, P. W., Cui, H., et al. (2024) · Nature Geoscience

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth Systems and Cosmic Evolution

Cited by 78

Oxygen and animals in Earth history

Knoll, A. H., & Sperling, E. A. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 72

Tracking the onset of Phanerozoic-style redox-sensitive trace metal enrichments: New results from basal Ediacaran post-glacial strata in NW Canada

Miller, A. J., Strauss, J. V., Halverson, G. P., Macdonald, F. A., Johnston, D. T., & Sperling, E. A. (2017) · Chemical Geology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 44

Deep‐water first occurrences of Ediacara biota prior to the Shuram carbon isotope excursion in the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, Canada

Boag, T. H., Busch, J. F., Gooley, J. T., Strauss, J. V., & Sperling, E. A. (2024) · Geobiology

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Cited by 16

Integrated Litho-, Chemo- and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Ediacaran Gametrail Formation Across a Shelf-Slope Transect in the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, Canada

Busch, J. F., Boag, T. H., Sperling, E. A., Rooney, A. D., Feng, X., Moynihan, D. P., & Strauss, J. V. (2023) · American Journal of Science

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological formations and processes

Cited by 8