| Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebrates J Alroy, M Aberhan, DJ Bottjer, M Foote, FT Fürsich, PJ Harries, ... Science 321 (5885), 97-100, 2008 | 740 | 2008 |
| Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification J Alroy, CR Marshall, RK Bambach, K Bezusko, M Foote, FT Fürsich, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (11), 6261-6266, 2001 | 537 | 2001 |
| Biodiversity in the Phanerozoic: a reinterpretation SE Peters, M Foote Paleobiology 27 (4), 583-601, 2001 | 360 | 2001 |
| Origination and extinction through the Phanerozoic: a new approach M Foote The Journal of Geology 111 (2), 125-148, 2003 | 217 | 2003 |
| Determinants of extinction in the fossil record SE Peters, M Foote Nature 416 (6879), 420-424, 2002 | 200 | 2002 |
| Principles of paleontology M Foote, AI Miller, DM Raup, SM Stanley Macmillan, 2007 | 198 | 2007 |
| Reefs as cradles of evolution and sources of biodiversity in the Phanerozoic W Kiessling, C Simpson, M Foote Science 327 (5962), 196-198, 2010 | 177 | 2010 |
| Rise and fall of species occupancy in Cenozoic fossil mollusks M Foote, JS Crampton, AG Beu, BA Marshall, RA Cooper, PA Maxwell, ... Science 318 (5853), 1131-1134, 2007 | 172 | 2007 |
| Paleozoic record of morphologica diversity in blastozoan echinoderms. M Foote Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 89 (16), 7325-7329, 1992 | 157 | 1992 |
| Pulsed origination and extinction in the marine realm M Foote Paleobiology 31 (1), 6-20, 2005 | 133 | 2005 |
| Inferring temporal patterns of preservation, origination, and extinction from taxonomic survivorship analysis M Foote Paleobiology 27 (4), 602-630, 2001 | 124 | 2001 |
| On the bidirectional relationship between geographic range and taxonomic duration M Foote, JS Crampton, AG Beu, RA Cooper Paleobiology 34 (4), 421-433, 2008 | 96 | 2008 |
| Symmetric waxing and waning of marine invertebrate genera M Foote Paleobiology 33 (4), 517-529, 2007 | 95 | 2007 |
| Greenhouse− icehouse transition in the Late Ordovician marks a step change in extinction regime in the marine plankton JS Crampton, RA Cooper, PM Sadler, M Foote Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (6), 1498-1503, 2016 | 69 | 2016 |
| The ark was full! Constant to declining Cenozoic shallow marine biodiversity on an isolated midlatitude continent JS Crampton, M Foote, AG Beu, PA Maxwell, RA Cooper, I Matcham, ... Paleobiology 32 (4), 509-532, 2006 | 69 | 2006 |
| Increased longevities of post-Paleozoic marine genera after mass extinctions AI Miller, M Foote Science 302 (5647), 1030-1032, 2003 | 58 | 2003 |
| Second-order sequence stratigraphic controls on the quality of the fossil record at an active margin: New Zealand Eocene to Recent shelf molluscs JS Crampton, M Foote, AG Beu, RA Cooper, I Matcham, CM Jones, ... Palaios 21 (1), 86-105, 2006 | 55 | 2006 |
| Substrate affinity and diversity dynamics of Paleozoic marine animals M Foote Paleobiology 32 (3), 345-366, 2006 | 52 | 2006 |
| Epicontinental seas versus open-ocean settings: the kinetics of mass extinction and origination AI Miller, M Foote Science 326 (5956), 1106-1109, 2009 | 47 | 2009 |
| Extinction and quiescence in marine animal genera M Foote Paleobiology 33 (2), 261-272, 2007 | 47 | 2007 |
