| 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 | 237 | 2008 |
| Three-dimensional limb joint mobility in the early tetrapod Ichthyostega SE Pierce, JA Clack, JR Hutchinson Nature 486 (7404), 523-526, 2012 | 222 | 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 | 123 | 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 | 121 | 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 | 110 | 2013 |
| 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 | 101 | 2011 |
| 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 | 98 | 2006 |
| 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 | 87 | 2009 |
| 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 | 83 | 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 | 83 | 2018 |
| 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 |
| Megaevolutionary dynamics and the timing of evolutionary innovation in reptiles TR Simões, O Vernygora, MW Caldwell, SE Pierce Nature Communications 11 (1), 3322, 2020 | 70 | 2020 |
| 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 | 64 | 2017 |
| 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 | 64 | 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 | 63 | 2015 |
| 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 | 62 | 2019 |
| Vertebral architecture in the earliest stem tetrapods SE Pierce, PE Ahlberg, JR Hutchinson, JL Molnar, S Sanchez, ... Nature 494 (7436), 226-229, 2013 | 61 | 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 | 60 | 2018 |
| An experimental and morphometric test of the relationship between vertebral morphology and joint stiffness in Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) JL Molnar, SE Pierce, JR Hutchinson Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (5), 758-768, 2014 | 58 | 2014 |
| Redescription and phylogenetic position of the Adriatic (Upper Cretaceous; Cenomanian) dolichosaur Pontosaurus lesinensis (Kornhuber, 1873) SE Pierce, MW Caldwell Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (2), 373-386, 2004 | 52 | 2004 |
