| Assembling the squamate tree of life: perspectives from the phenotype and the fossil record JA Gauthier, M Kearney, JA Maisano, O Rieppel, ADB Behlke Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 53 (1), 3-308, 2012 | 593 | 2012 |
| Similarity O Rieppel, M Kearney Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 75 (1), 59-82, 2002 | 292 | 2002 |
| Fragmentary taxa, missing data, and ambiguity: mistaken assumptions and conclusions M Kearney Systematic biology 51 (2), 369-381, 2002 | 249 | 2002 |
| Systematics of the Amphisbaenia (Lepidosauria: Squamata) based on morphological evidence from recent and fossil forms M Kearney Herpetological Monographs 17 (1), 1-74, 2003 | 232 | 2003 |
| Problems due to missing data in phylogenetic analyses including fossils: a critical review M Kearney, JM Clark Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (2), 263-274, 2003 | 217 | 2003 |
| Field studies of reptile thermoregulation: how well do physical models predict operative temperatures? R Shine, M Kearney Functional Ecology, 282-288, 2001 | 175 | 2001 |
| Repeated evolution of limblessness and digging heads in worm lizards revealed by DNA from old bones M Kearney, BL Stuart Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 167 | 2004 |
| Inequality in science and the case for a new agenda JL Graves Jr, M Kearney, G Barabino, S Malcom Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (10), e2117831119, 2022 | 106 | 2022 |
| The poverty of taxonomic characters O Rieppel, M Kearney Biology & Philosophy 22, 95-113, 2007 | 89 | 2007 |
| Adaptations for digging and burrowing NJ Kley, M Kearney Fins into limbs: evolution, development, and transformation, 284-309, 2007 | 86 | 2007 |
| Cranial anatomy of the extinct amphisbaenian Rhineura hatcherii (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) based on high‐resolution X‐ray computed tomography M Kearney, JA Maisano, T Rowe Journal of Morphology 264 (1), 1-33, 2005 | 73 | 2005 |
| Rejecting “the given” in systematics M Kearney, O Rieppel Cladistics 22 (4), 369-377, 2006 | 70 | 2006 |
| The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement DL Mahler, M Kearney Fieldiana Zoology 2006 (108), 1-61, 2006 | 69 | 2006 |
| An investigation into the occurrence of plicidentine in the teeth of squamate reptiles M Kearney, O Rieppel Copeia 2006 (3), 337-350, 2006 | 66 | 2006 |
| Cranial anatomy of the spade‐headed amphisbaenian Diplometopon zarudnyi (Squamata, amphisbaenia) based on high‐resolution X‐ray computed tomography JA Maisano, M Kearney, T Rowe Journal of Morphology 267 (1), 70-102, 2006 | 54 | 2006 |
| Appendicular skeleton in amphisbaenians (Reptilia: Squamata) M Kearney Copeia 2002 (3), 719-738, 2002 | 50 | 2002 |
| Extraction of nuclear DNA from bone of skeletonized and fluid‐preserved museum specimens BL Stuart, KA Dugan, MW Allard, M Kearney Systematics and Biodiversity 4 (2), 133-136, 2006 | 39 | 2006 |
| The phylogenetic position of Sineoamphisbaena hexatabularis reexamined M Kearney Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (2), 394-403, 2003 | 32 | 2003 |
| The origin of snakes: limits of a scientific debate. O Rieppel, M Kearney Biologist 48 (3), 2001 | 31 | 2001 |
| Tooth replacement in the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Clidastes O Rieppel, M Kearney Journal of Herpetology 39 (4), 688-692, 2005 | 30 | 2005 |
Olivier RieppelRowe Family Curator of Evolutionary BiologyVerified email at fieldmuseum.org
