| The placental mammal ancestor and the post–K-Pg radiation of placentals MA O'Leary, JI Bloch, JJ Flynn, TJ Gaudin, A Giallombardo, NP Giannini, ... science 339 (6120), 662-667, 2013 | 1264 | 2013 |
| Divergence date estimation and a comprehensive molecular tree of extant cetaceans MR McGowen, M Spaulding, J Gatesy Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 53 (3), 891-906, 2009 | 426 | 2009 |
| Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution M Spaulding, MA O'Leary, J Gatesy Plos one 4 (9), e7062, 2009 | 245 | 2009 |
| The theropod furcula SJ Nesbitt, AH Turner, M Spaulding, JL Conrad, MA Norell Journal of Morphology 270 (7), 856-879, 2009 | 79 | 2009 |
| Phylogeny of the Carnivoramorpha: the impact of postcranial characters M Spaulding, JJ Flynn Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 (4), 653-677, 2012 | 68 | 2012 |
| Phylogeny of the Carnivora and Carnivoramorpha, and the use of the fossil record to enhance understanding of evolutionary transformations JJ Flynn, JA Finarelli, M Spaulding Carnivoran evolution, 25-63, 2010 | 61 | 2010 |
| Brawn before brains in placental mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction OC Bertrand, SL Shelley, TE Williamson, JR Wible, SGB Chester, JJ Flynn, ... Science 376 (6588), 80-85, 2022 | 44 | 2022 |
| On the cranial osteology of the African palm civet, Nandinia binotata (Gray, 1830)(Mammalia, Carnivora, Feliformia) JR Wible, M Spaulding Annals of Carnegie Museum 82 (1), 1-114, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| Anatomy of the postcranial skeleton of “Miacis” uintensis (Mammalia: Carnivoramorpha) M Spaulding, JJ Flynn Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (4), 1212-1223, 2009 | 38 | 2009 |
| On the unnecessary and misleading taxon “Cetartiodactyla” DR Prothero, D Domning, RE Fordyce, S Foss, C Janis, S Lucas, ... Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1-5, 2022 | 24 | 2022 |
| A reexamination of the Carnivora malleus (Mammalia, Placentalia) JR Wible, M Spaulding PLoS One 7 (11), e50485, 2012 | 24 | 2012 |
| A new basal carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the ‘Bridger B’(Black’s Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian NALMA, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA M Spaulding, JJ Flynn, RK Stucky Palaeontology 53 (4), 815-832, 2010 | 24 | 2010 |
| Mammalian petrosal from the upper jurassic morrison formation of fruita, Colorado EM Hughes, JR Wible, M Spaulding, ZX Luo Annals of Carnegie Museum 83 (1), 1-17, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world S Tomiya, SP Zack, M Spaulding, JJ Flynn Journal of Paleontology 95 (S82), 1-115, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Skeletal anatomy of the basicranium and auditory region in the metacheiromyid palaeanodont Metacheiromys (Mammalia, Pholidotamorpha) based on high-resolution CT scans TJ Gaudin, JR Wible, KD Rose, RJ Emry, M Spaulding Fossil Imprint 75 (3-4), 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
| A virtual endocast and endocranial features of Oodectes (Mammalia: Carnivoramorpha) M Spaulding, JJ Flynn Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32, 177-177, 2012 | 2 | 2012 |
| Reality or fantasy? Assessing the condition of fossil specimens with CT data C Grohé, GE Rössner, M Spaulding 75th Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2015 | 1 | 2015 |
| The impact of postcranial characters on reconstructing the phylogeny of Carnivoramorpha M Spaulding JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 27 (3), 151A-151A, 2007 | 1 | 2007 |
| Insights from 3D-imaging based analyses of carnivoramorphans and their relatives: Systematics, sinuses and sabertooths ZJ Tseng, C Grohé, M Spaulding 75th Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2015 | | 2015 |
| High-resolution CT scanning and 3-D cranial analyses reveal hidden anatomical, phylogenetic, and functional information JJ Flynn, C Grohé, M Spaulding, ZJ Tseng 95th annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, 2015 | | 2015 |
