| Patterns of morphospace occupation and mechanical performance in extant crocodilian skulls: a combined geometric morphometric and finite element modeling approach SE Pierce, KD Angielczyk, EJ Rayfield Journal of morphology 269 (7), 840-864, 2008 | 245 | 2008 |
| Three-dimensional limb joint mobility in the early tetrapod Ichthyostega SE Pierce, JA Clack, JR Hutchinson Nature 486 (7404), 523-526, 2012 | 224 | 2012 |
| Combining geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis with evolutionary modeling: towards a synthesis PD Polly, CT Stayton, ER Dumont, SE Pierce, EJ Rayfield, KD Angielczyk Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 (4), e1111225, 2016 | 144 | 2016 |
| Shape and mechanics in thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) skulls: implications for feeding behaviour and niche partitioning SE Pierce, KD Angielczyk, EJ Rayfield Journal of Anatomy 215 (5), 555-576, 2009 | 132 | 2009 |
| Morphological and biomechanical disparity of crocodile-line archosaurs following the end-Triassic extinction TL Stubbs, SE Pierce, EJ Rayfield, PSL Anderson Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1770), 20131940, 2013 | 118 | 2013 |
| Pelagosaurus typus Bronn, 1841 (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Upper Lias (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of Somerset, England SE Pierce, MJ Benton Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (3), 621-635, 2006 | 108 | 2006 |
| Comparative axial morphology in pinnipeds and its correlation with aquatic locomotory behaviour SE Pierce, JA Clack, JR Hutchinson Journal of Anatomy 219 (4), 502-514, 2011 | 103 | 2011 |
| Tail-propelled aquatic locomotion in a theropod dinosaur N Ibrahim, S Maganuco, C Dal Sasso, M Fabbri, M Auditore, G Bindellini, ... Nature 581 (7806), 67-70, 2020 | 97 | 2020 |
| Fossils reveal the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian regionalized spine KE Jones, KD Angielczyk, PD Polly, JJ Head, V Fernandez, JK Lungmus, ... Science 361 (6408), 1249-1252, 2018 | 96 | 2018 |
| Morphospace occupation in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs: skull shape variation, species delineation and temporal patterns SE Pierce, KD Angielczyk, EJ Rayfield Palaeontology 52 (5), 1057-1097, 2009 | 93 | 2009 |
| Megaevolutionary dynamics and the timing of evolutionary innovation in reptiles TR Simões, O Vernygora, MW Caldwell, SE Pierce Nature Communications 11 (1), 3322, 2020 | 86 | 2020 |
| Virtual reconstruction of the endocranial anatomy of the early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph Pelagosaurus typus (Thalattosuchia) SE Pierce, M Williams, RBJ Benson PeerJ 5, e3225, 2017 | 76 | 2017 |
| Morphological and functional changes in the vertebral column with increasing aquatic adaptation in crocodylomorphs JL Molnar, SE Pierce, BAS Bhullar, AH Turner, JR Hutchinson Royal Society Open Science 2 (11), 150439, 2015 | 74 | 2015 |
| Historical perspectives on the evolution of tetrapodomorph movement SE Pierce, JR Hutchinson, JA Clack Integrative and comparative biology 53 (2), 209-223, 2013 | 72 | 2013 |
| Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of the mammalian backbone KE Jones, L Benitez, KD Angielczyk, SE Pierce BMC evolutionary biology 18, 1-13, 2018 | 71 | 2018 |
| Heterochronic shifts and conserved embryonic shape underlie crocodylian craniofacial disparity and convergence ZS Morris, KA Vliet, A Abzhanov, SE Pierce Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1897), 20182389, 2019 | 69 | 2019 |
| Evolution of the sauropterygian labyrinth with increasingly pelagic lifestyles JM Neenan, T Reich, SW Evers, PS Druckenmiller, DFAE Voeten, ... Current Biology 27 (24), 3852-3858. e3, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| Sphenodontian phylogeny and the impact of model choice in Bayesian morphological clock estimates of divergence times and evolutionary rates TR Simões, MW Caldwell, SE Pierce BMC biology 18, 1-30, 2020 | 62 | 2020 |
| Vertebral architecture in the earliest stem tetrapods SE Pierce, PE Ahlberg, JR Hutchinson, JL Molnar, S Sanchez, ... Nature 494 (7436), 226-229, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
| Adaptive landscapes challenge the “lateral-to-sagittal” paradigm for mammalian vertebral evolution KE Jones, BV Dickson, KD Angielczyk, SE Pierce Current Biology 31 (9), 1883-1892. e7, 2021 | 61 | 2021 |
