Patterns of taxonomic and ecological structure of the shelf benthos during Phanerozoic time

Gradient versus cluster analysis of fossil assemblages: a comparison from the Ordovician of southwestern Virginia

Springer, D. A., & Bambach, R. K. (1985) · Lethaia · doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1985.tb00697.x · Cited by 65

A comparative study of Silurian and recent deposit-feeding bivalve communities

Levinton, J. S., & Bambach, R. K. (1975) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300002232 · Cited by 64

Conversations about Phanerozoic global diversity

Miller, A. I. (2000) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2000)26[53:capgd]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 65

ASSESSING THE ECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE OF PHANEROZOIC MARINE INVERTEBRATES

Clapham, M. E., Bottjer, D. J., Powers, C. M., BONUSO, N., Fraiser, M. L., Marenco, P. J., Dornbos, S. Q., & Pruss, S. B. (2006) · Palaios · doi:10.2110/palo.2005.p05-017r · Cited by 59

Faunal invasions as a source of morphological constraints and innovations? The diversification of the early Cardioceratidae (Ammonoidea; Middle Jurassic)

Navarro, N., Neige, P., & Marchand, D. (2005) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031 · Cited by 25

Cambrian Lagerstätten: their distribution and significance

Morris, S. C. (1985) · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.1985.0138 · Cited by 60

Plate Tectonics and Shallow Marine Diversity and Endemism, an Actualistic Model

Valentine, J. W. (1971) · Systematic Zoology · doi:10.2307/2412339 · Cited by 59

Radiation of Echinodermata

Sprinkle, J. (1992) · Topics in geobiology · doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-2427-8_11 · Cited by 59

Evolvability and Macroevolution: Overview and Synthesis

Jablonski, D. (2022) · Evolutionary Biology · doi:10.1007/s11692-022-09570-4 · Cited by 58

PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION AMONG THE ARTIODACTYLA AND PERISSODACTYLA (MAMMALIA)

Cifelli, R. L. (1981) · Evolution · doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1981.tb04904.x · Cited by 56

Palaeozoic evolution of animal mouthparts

Klug, C., Frey, L., Pohle, A., De Baets, K., & Korn, D. (2017) · Bulletin of Geosciences · doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1648 · Cited by 54

Phanerozoic Taxonomic Diversity: A Test of Alternate Models

Valentine, J. W. (1973) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.180.4090.1078 · Cited by 51

Comparability of modern and ancient marine faunal provinces

Campbell, C. A., & Valentine, J. W. (1977) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300005108 · Cited by 50

The evolution of diversity in ancient ecosystems: a review

Morris, S. C. (1998) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.1998.0213 · Cited by 51

Koinophilia groups sexual creatures into species, promotes stasis, and stabilizes social behaviour

Koeslag, J. H. (1990) · Journal of Theoretical Biology · doi:10.1016/s0022-5193(05)80297-8 · Cited by 48

Phanerozoic extinctions: How similar are they to each other?

Boucot, A. J. (2005) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/bfb0011131 · Cited by 48

The Early Origin of the Antarctic Marine Fauna and Its Evolutionary Implications

Crame, J. A., Beu, A. G., Ineson, J. R., Francis, J. E., Whittle, R. J., & Bowman, V. C. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114743 · Cited by 46

Les échinodermes du Paléozoïqueinférieur de Montagne Noire: Biostratigraphie et paléodiversité

Vizcaı̈no, D., & Lefèbvre, B. (1999) · Geobios · doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(99)80049-7 · Cited by 44

Early Llandovery crinoids and stelleroids from the Cataract Group (Lower Silurian) in southern Ontario, Canada

Eckert, J. D. (1984) · Royal Ontario Museum eBooks · doi:10.5962/bhl.title.52235 · Cited by 42

STANDING DIVERSITY OF FOSSIL GROUPS IN SUCCESSIVE INTERVALS OF GEOLOGIC TIME: A NEW MEASURE

Harper, C. W. (1975) · Journal of Paleontology · Cited by 42

Spatiotemporal palaeodiversity patterns of modern crocodiles (Crocodyliformes: Eusuchia)

de Celis, A., Narváez, I., & Ortega, F. (2019) · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz038 · Cited by 40

Testing Character Evolution Models in Phylogenetic Paleobiology

Wright, A. M., Wagner, P. J., & Wright, D. F. (2021) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009049016 · Cited by 41

Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain

Sessa, J. A., Bralower, T. J., Patzkowsky, M. E., Handley, J. C., & Ivany, L. C. (2012) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1666/10042.1 · Cited by 40

Limited role of functional differentiation in early diversification of animals

Knope, M. L., Heim, N. A., Frishkoff, L. O., & Payne, J. L. (2015) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms7455 · Cited by 40

Phanerozoic trends in the global geographic disparity of marine biotas

Miller, A. I., Buick, D. P., Bulinski, K. V., Ferguson, C. A., Hendy, A., Aberhan, M., & Kiessling, W. (2009) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1666/0094-8373-35.4.612 · Cited by 39

Problems with using rock outcrop area as a paleontological sampling proxy: rock outcrop and exposure area compared with coastal proximity, topography, land use, and lithology

Dunhill, A. M. (2012) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300000440 · Cited by 40

What is the best way to measure extinction? A reflection from the palaeobotanical record

Cascales‐Miñana, B., Cleal, C. J., & Diez, J. B. (2013) · Earth-Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.05.013 · Cited by 39

The sampling and estimation of marine paleodiversity patterns: implications of a Pliocene model

Valentine, J. W., Jablonski, D., Krug, A. Z., & Berke, S. K. (2013) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1666/0094-8373-39.1.1 · Cited by 37

BETWEEN DEATH AND DATA: BIASES IN INTERPRETATION OF THE FOSSIL RECORD OF CONODONTS

Donoghue, P. C. J., & Purnell, M. A. (2005) · Bristol Research (University of Bristol) · Cited by 35

Taxonomic Level as a Determinant of the Shape of the Phanerozoic Marine Biodiversity Curve

Lane, A., & Benton, M. J. (2003) · The American Naturalist · doi:10.1086/377188 · Cited by 36

Principles of systematics and the system of bivalves

Nevesskaja, L. A. (2009) · Paleontological Journal · doi:10.1134/s0031030109010018 · Cited by 34

Origins of Biodiversity

Benton, M. (2013) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2000724 · Cited by 66

FAUNAS AND TIME IN THE MARINE DEVONIAN

House, M. R. (1975) · Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society · doi:10.1144/pygs.40.4.459 · Cited by 34

Diversity trends within a model taxonomic hierarchy

Valentine, J. W., & Walker, T. D. (1986) · Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena · doi:10.1016/0167-2789(86)90231-9 · Cited by 33

Changing Patterns of Provinciality and Diversity of Fossil Animals in Relation to Plate Tectonics

Hallam, A. (1974) · Journal of Biogeography · doi:10.2307/3038117 · Cited by 32

8. The Role of Development in Evolutionary Radiations

Eble, G. J. (2001) · Columbia University Press eBooks · doi:10.7312/mcki10414-009 · Cited by 31

Plant fossil record and survival analyses

Cascales-Miñana, B., & Cleal, C. (2012) · Lethaia · doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00262.x · Cited by 33

On the early origins of major biologic groups

Raup, D. M. (1983) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300007491 · Cited by 31

Adaptive Strategy and the Origin of Grades and Ground-Plans

Valentine, J. W. (1975) · American Zoologist · doi:10.1093/icb/15.2.391 · Cited by 31

BODY SIZE ESTIMATES FROM THE LITERATURE: UTILITY AND POTENTIAL FOR MACROEVOLUTIONARY STUDIES

Krause, R. A., STEMPIEN, J. A., Kowalewski, M., & Miller, A. I. (2007) · Palaios · doi:10.2110/palo.2005.p05-122r · Cited by 29

The continuum in soft-bodied biotas from transitional environments: a quantitative comparison of Triassic and Carboniferous Konservat-Lagerstätten

Briggs, D. E. G., & Gall, J. (1990) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s009483730000988x · Cited by 29

Early bursts of disparity and the reorganization of character integration

Wagner, P. J. (2018) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.1604 · Cited by 29

Morphologic diversity of inarticulate brachiopods through the Phanerozoic

Smith, L. H., & Bunje, P. M. E. (1999) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300021357 · Cited by 28

Nature and timing of biotic recovery in Antarctic benthic marine ecosystems following the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction

Whittle, R. J., Witts, J. D., Bowman, V. C., Crame, J. A., Francis, J. E., & Ineson, J. R. (2019) · Palaeontology · doi:10.1111/pala.12434 · Cited by 29

Specialization and evolutionary longevity in the Arthropoda

Flessa, K. W., Powers, K. V., & Cisne, J. L. (1975) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300002219 · Cited by 27

Mass extinctions: what can the past tell us about the present and the future?

Myers, N. (1990) · Global and Planetary Change · doi:10.1016/0921-8181(90)90047-g · Cited by 29

Generating and testing hypotheses about the fossil record of insect herbivory with a theoretical ecospace

Schachat, S. R., Payne, J. L., Boyce, C. K., & Labandeira, C. C. (2021) · Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology · doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104564 · Cited by 27

Challenges and directions in analytical paleobiology

Dillon, E., Dunne, E. M., Womack, T. M., Kouvari, M., Larina, E., Claytor, J. R., Ivkić, A., Juhn, M., Carmona, P. S. M., Robson, S. V., et al. (2023) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/pab.2023.3 · Cited by 26

Thermodynamic Formulation of Living Systems and Their Evolution

del Castillo, L. F., & Vera-Cruz, P. (2011) · Journal of Modern Physics · doi:10.4236/jmp.2011.25047 · Cited by 26

Patchiness of local species richness and its implication for large‐scale diversity patterns: an example from the middle Miocene of the Paratethys

Zuschin, M., Harzhauser, M., & Sauermoser, K. (2006) · Lethaia · doi:10.1080/00241160600578687 · Cited by 28

The Macroevolution of Phyla

Valentine, J. W. (1992) · Topics in geobiology · doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-2427-8_16 · Cited by 26

Changes in Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary benthic marine assemblages: analyses from the North American coastal plain shallow shelf

Kosnik, M. A. (2005) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031[0459:cilctb]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 26

Explanation of large scale extinctions of lower vertebrates

Thomson, K. S. (1976) · Nature · doi:10.1038/261578a0 · Cited by 26

Evolutionary dynamics of taxonomic structure

Foote, M. (2011) · Biology Letters · doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0521 · Cited by 24

Mass extinctions: what can the past tell us about the present and the future?

Myers, N. (1990) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(12)80031-9 · Cited by 28

A morphospace of planktonic marine diatoms. I. Two views of disparity through time

Kotrc, B., & Knoll, A. H. (2015) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/pab.2014.4 · Cited by 22

Ecological structure of diversity-dependent diversification in Phanerozoic marine bivalves

Foote, M., Edie, S. M., & Jablonski, D. (2024) · Biology Letters · doi:10.1098/rsbl.2023.0475 · Cited by 22

The evolution of complex life and the stabilization of the Earth system

Payne, J. L., Bachan, A., Heim, N. A., Hull, P. M., & Knope, M. L. (2020) · Interface Focus · doi:10.1098/rsfs.2019.0106 · Cited by 21

TEMPORAL BIAS IN EXTINCTIONS AMONG TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES

Valentine, J. W. (1974) · Journal of Paleontology · Cited by 21

Limits to randomness in paleobiologic models: the case of Phanerozoic species diversity.

Sepkoski, J. J. (1994) · PubMed · Cited by 21

Topographically distinct adaptive landscapes for teeth, skeletons, and size explain the adaptive radiation of Carnivora (Mammalia)

Slater, G. J. (2022) · Evolution · doi:10.1111/evo.14577 · Cited by 21

Early Cenozoic Differentiation of Polar Marine Faunas

Crame, J. A. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054139 · Cited by 20

Possible Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics

McKenna, M. C. (1972) · BioScience · doi:10.2307/1296311 · Cited by 20

Chapter 12 The Pattern of Diversification Among Fishes

Thomson, K. S. (1977) · Developments in palaeontology and stratigraphy · doi:10.1016/s0920-5446(08)70332-7 · Cited by 20

The Fossil Record of Early Tetrapods: Worker Effort and the End-Permian Mass Extinction

Bernard, E., Ruta, M., Tarver, J. E., & Benton, M. J. (2010) · Acta Palaeontologica Polonica · doi:10.4202/app.2009.0025 · Cited by 18

Mass extinctions and their rebounds: a macroevolutionary framework

Jablonski, D., & Edie, S. M. (2025) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/pab.2024.13 · Cited by 19

The Ordovician Radiation: Macroevolutionary Crossroads of the Phanerozoic

Miller, A. I. (2012) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3428-1_11 · Cited by 18

An earth system approach to understanding the end-Ordovician (Hirnantian) mass extinction

Armstrong, H. A., & Harper, D. A. T. (2014) · Geological Society of America eBooks · doi:10.1130/2014.2505(14 · Cited by 17

An early burst in brachiopod evolution corresponding with significant climatic shifts during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event

Congreve, C. R., Patzkowsky, M. E., & Wagner, P. J. (2021) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1450 · Cited by 17

Origins of biodiversity

Benton, M. J. (2012) · Palaeontology · doi:10.1111/pala.12012 · Cited by 17

Developmental aspects of morphological disparity dynamics: a simple analytical exploration

Gerber, S., Eble, G. J., & Neige, P. (2011) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1666/09019.1 · Cited by 17

General models of ecological diversification. I. Conceptual synthesis

Novack‐Gottshall, P. M. (2016) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/pab.2016.3 · Cited by 17

Sampling taxa, estimating phylogeny and inferring macroevolution: an example from Devonian terebratulide brachiopods

Carlson, S. J., & Fitzgerald, P. C. (2007) · Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh · doi:10.1017/s1755691007078437 · Cited by 16

The history of the biosphere: Equilibrium and non-equilibrium models of global diversity

Benton, M. J. (1987) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/0169-5347(87)90065-6 · Cited by 16

Extinctions in a model taxonomic hierarchy

Valentine, J. W., & Walker, T. D. (1987) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300008745 · Cited by 16

The fossil record: a sampler of life’s diversity

James W, V. (1990) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.1990.0197 · Cited by 16

Resolving early Mid-Ordovician (Kundan) bioevents in the East Baltic based on brachiopods

Rasmussen, C. M. Ø., & Harper, D. A. T. (2008) · Geobios · doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2007.10.006 · Cited by 15

Trilobite diversity patterns in an Upper Cambrian stage

Westrop, S. R. (1988) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/s0094837300012136 · Cited by 15

Evolutionary palaeoecology of the marine biosphere

Brenchley, P. J., & Harper, D. A. T. (1998) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-1410-3_9 · Cited by 15

Echinoderm Morphological Disparity: Methods, Patterns, and Possibilities

Deline, B. (2021) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108881883 · Cited by 14

Testing character-evolution models in phylogenetic paleobiology: a case study with Cambrian echinodermsPreprint

Wright, A. M., Wagner, P. J., & Wright, D. F. (2020) · doi:10.32942/osf.io/ykzg5 · Cited by 14

Transgression–regression cycles drive correlations in Ediacaran–Cambrian rock and fossil records

Segessenman, D. C., & Peters, S. E. (2024) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/pab.2023.31 · Cited by 13

Phanerozoic changes in the high-rank suprageneric diversity structure of brachiopods: Linear and non-linear effects

Ruban, D. A. (2009) · Palaeoworld · doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2009.09.003 · Cited by 13

Biodiversity dynamics and their driving factors during the Cretaceous diversification of Spatangoida (Echinoidea, Echinodermata)

Villier, L., & Navarro, N. (2004) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.06.019 · Cited by 13

Evolutionary Importance of Overspecialization: Insect Parasitoids as an Example

Kuris, A. M., & Norton, S. F. (1985) · The American Naturalist · doi:10.1086/284424 · Cited by 13

Body plans, phyla and arthropods

Valentine, J. W., & Hamilton, H. (1998) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-4904-4_1 · Cited by 12

Evolutionary Paleobiology

Levinton, J. S. (1997) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/s0169-5347(97)84098-0 · Cited by 12

Diversity, disparity and distributional patterns amongst the orthide brachiopod groups

Harper, D. A. T., & Gallagher, E. (2001) · Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) · Cited by 12

Biotic diversification in the Phanerozoic: diversity independence

Hoffman, A. (1985) · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · doi:10.5281/zenodo.16522912 · Cited by 11

The impact of the Pull of the Recent on the fossil record of tetrapods

Sahney, S., & Benton, M. J. (2017) · Explore Bristol Research · Cited by 10

Evolutionary rates of a rapid radiation; the Paleogene planktic foraminifera

Collins, L. S. (1989) · Palaios · doi:10.2307/3514773 · Cited by 10

Biospheric perturbations during Gondwanan times: From theNeoproterozoic-Cambrian radiation to the end-Permian crisis

Erwin, D. H. (1999) · Journal of African Earth Sciences · doi:10.1016/s0899-5362(99)00021-4 · Cited by 10

Fossil and Transcriptomic Perspectives on the Origins and Success of Metazoan Multicellularity

Valentine, J. W., & Marshall, C. R. (2015) · Advances in marine genomics · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9642-2_2 · Cited by 10

NATURALIZING AND SYSTEMATIZING EVIL

Spier, F. (2003) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780203398173-16 · Cited by 10

The evolution of genetic cognition

Stewart, J. E. (1997) · Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems · doi:10.1016/s1061-7361(97)90029-1 · Cited by 10

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

Vuilleumier, F. (1975) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-249405-5.50015-x · Cited by 10

Theoretical diversity of the marine biosphere

Kowalewski, M., & Finnegan, S. (2010) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1666/0094-8373-36.1.1 · Cited by 9

ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PALAEOBIOLOGY: IN SEARCH FOR EVOLUTIONARY EQUILIBRIA

Hoffman, A. (1985) · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1985.tb00619.x · Cited by 9

The Pull of the Recent revisited: negligible species-level effect in a regional marine fossil record

Womack, T. M., Crampton, J. S., & Hannah, M. (2020) · Paleobiology · doi:10.1017/pab.2020.32 · Cited by 8

Die Wurzeln der Idiographischen Paläontologie: Karl Alfred von Zittels Praxis und sein Begriff des Fossils

Tamborini, M. (2015) · NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften Technik und Medizin · doi:10.1007/s00048-015-0130-3 · Cited by 8

The Taxonomic Structure of Shallow water Marine Faunas Implications For Phanerozoic Extinctions

Jablonski, D., & Flessa, K. W. (1984) · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · doi:10.5281/zenodo.16244985 · Cited by 26

The main ethological-trophic groups of benthos and the changes in their taxonomic composition through the Phanerozoic

Nevesskaya, L. A. (2003) · Paleontological Journal

Marine benthos, substrate and palaeoecology

Craig, G. Y., & Jones, N. S. (1966) · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · doi:10.5281/zenodo.16031865 · Cited by 18

PHANEROZOIC TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF MARINE ANIMAL TAXA

Novack‐Gottshall, P. M. (2024) · Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America · doi:10.1130/abs/2024am-404564

Biodiversity of benthic foraminifera on the shelf and slope of the NE-Atlantic

Dorst, S., Schönfeld, J., & Walter, L. (2012)