| The Cambrian conundrum: early divergence and later ecological success in the early history of animals DH Erwin, M Laflamme, SM Tweedt, EA Sperling, D Pisani, KJ Peterson science 334 (6059), 1091-1097, 2011 | 767 | 2011 |
| The deep evolution of metazoan microRNAs BM Wheeler, AM Heimberg, VN Moy, EA Sperling, TW Holstein, S Heber, ... Evolution & development 11 (1), 50-68, 2009 | 445 | 2009 |
| Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation EA Sperling, CJ Wolock, AS Morgan, BC Gill, M Kunzmann, GP Halverson, ... Nature 523 (7561), 451, 2015 | 230 | 2015 |
| Oxygen, ecology, and the Cambrian radiation of animals EA Sperling, CA Frieder, AV Raman, PR Girguis, LA Levin, AH Knoll Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (33), 13446-13451, 2013 | 181 | 2013 |
| Phylogenetic-signal dissection of nuclear housekeeping genes supports the paraphyly of sponges and the monophyly of Eumetazoa EA Sperling, KJ Peterson, D Pisani Molecular biology and evolution 26 (10), 2261-2274, 2009 | 170 | 2009 |
| Poriferan paraphyly and its implications for Precambrian palaeobiology EA Sperling, D Pisani, KJ Peterson Geological Society, London, Special Publications 286 (1), 355-368, 2007 | 170 | 2007 |
| Where's the glass? Biomarkers, molecular clocks, and microRNAs suggest a 200‐Myr missing Precambrian fossil record of siliceous sponge spicules EA Sperling, JM Robinson, D Pisani, KJ Peterson Geobiology 8 (1), 24-36, 2010 | 153 | 2010 |
| A placozoan affinity for Dickinsonia and the evolution of late Proterozoic metazoan feeding modes EA Sperling, J Vinther Evolution & development 12 (2), 201-209, 2010 | 125 | 2010 |
| MicroRNAs support a turtle+ lizard clade TR Lyson, EA Sperling, AM Heimberg, JA Gauthier, BL King, KJ Peterson Biology letters 8 (1), 104-107, 2011 | 98 | 2011 |
| The stratigraphic relationship between the Shuram carbon isotope excursion, the oxygenation of Neoproterozoic oceans, and the first appearance of the Ediacara biota and … FA Macdonald, JV Strauss, EA Sperling, GP Halverson, GM Narbonne, ... Chemical Geology 362, 250-272, 2013 | 91 | 2013 |
| miRNAs: small genes with big potential in metazoan phylogenetics JE Tarver, EA Sperling, A Nailor, AM Heimberg, JM Robinson, BL King, ... Molecular biology and evolution 30 (11), 2369-2382, 2013 | 89 | 2013 |
| A basin redox transect at the dawn of animal life EA Sperling, GP Halverson, AH Knoll, FA Macdonald, DT Johnston Earth and Planetary Science Letters 371, 143-155, 2013 | 87 | 2013 |
| Rangeomorphs, Thectardis (Porifera?) and dissolved organic carbon in the Ediacaran oceans EA Sperling, KJ Peterson, M Laflamme Geobiology 9 (1), 24-33, 2011 | 80 | 2011 |
| A molecular palaeobiological hypothesis for the origin of aplacophoran molluscs and their derivation from chiton-like ancestors J Vinther, EA Sperling, DEG Briggs, KJ Peterson Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1732), 1259-1268, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| Biotic replacement and mass extinction of the Ediacara biota SAF Darroch, EA Sperling, TH Boag, RA Racicot, SJ Mason, AS Morgan, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1814), 20151003, 2015 | 75 | 2015 |
| Redox heterogeneity of subsurface waters in the M esoproterozoic ocean EA Sperling, AD Rooney, L Hays, VN Sergeev, NG Vorob'eva, ... Geobiology 12 (5), 373-386, 2014 | 63 | 2014 |
| MicroRNAs resolve an apparent conflict between annelid systematics and their fossil record EA Sperling, J Vinther, VN Moy, BM Wheeler, M Sémon, DEG Briggs, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1677), 4315-4322, 2009 | 58 | 2009 |
| Molecular paleobiological insights into the origin of the Brachiopoda EA Sperling, D Pisani, KJ Peterson Evolution & development 13 (3), 290-303, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Early Neoproterozoic Basin Formation in Yukon, Canada: Implications for the make-up and break-up of Rodinia. FA Macdonald, GP Halverson, JV Strauss, EF Smith, G Cox, EA Sperling, ... Geoscience Canada 39 (2), 2012 | 44 | 2012 |
| The ecological physiology of Earth's second oxygen revolution EA Sperling, AH Knoll, PR Girguis Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 46, 215-235, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
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