| 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 | 818 | 2008 |
| A compendium of fossil marine animal genera JJ Sepkoski Jr Bulletins of American paleontology 363, 1-560, 2002 | 772 | 2002 |
| The evolution of morphological diversity M Foote Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28 (1), 129-152, 1997 | 693 | 1997 |
| Origination and extinction components of taxonomic diversity: general problems M Foote Paleobiology 26 (S4), 74-102, 2000 | 589 | 2000 |
| 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 | 575 | 2001 |
| Discordance and concordance between morphological and taxonomic diversity M Foote Paleobiology 19, 185-204, 1993 | 413 | 1993 |
| Biodiversity in the Phanerozoic: a reinterpretation SE Peters, M Foote Paleobiology 27 (4), 583-601, 2001 | 379 | 2001 |
| Contributions of individual taxa to overall morphological disparity M Foote Paleobiology 19, 403-419, 1993 | 347 | 1993 |
| Evolutionary and preservational constraints on origins of biologic groups: divergence times of eutherian mammals M Foote, JP Hunter, CM Janis, JJ Sepkoski Jr Science 283 (5406), 1310-1314, 1999 | 339 | 1999 |
| Fossil preservation and the stratigraphic ranges of taxa M Foote, DM Raup Paleobiology 22 (2), 121-140, 1996 | 323 | 1996 |
| Absolute measures of the completeness of the fossil record M Foote, JJ Sepkoski Jr Nature 398 (6726), 415-417, 1999 | 295 | 1999 |
| Morphological disparity in Ordovician-Devonian crinoids and the early saturation of morphological space M Foote Paleobiology 20, 320-344, 1994 | 278 | 1994 |
| Rarefaction analysis of morphological and taxonomic diversity M Foote Paleobiology 18, 1-16, 1992 | 275 | 1992 |
| Calibrating the Ordovician radiation of marine life: implications for Phanerozoic diversity trends AI Miller, M Foote Paleobiology 22 (2), 304-309, 1996 | 257 | 1996 |
| Origination and extinction through the Phanerozoic: a new approach M Foote The Journal of Geology 111 (2), 125-148, 2003 | 234 | 2003 |
| Morphological diversity in the evolutionary radiation of Paleozoic and post-Paleozoic crinoids M Foote Paleobiology 25 (S2), 1-115, 1999 | 217 | 1999 |
| Determinants of extinction in the fossil record SE Peters, M Foote Nature 416 (6879), 420-424, 2002 | 215 | 2002 |
| Morphological approaches to measuring biodiversity K Roy, M Foote Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12 (7), 277-281, 1997 | 214 | 1997 |
| Principles of paleontology M Foote, AI Miller, DM Raup, SM Stanley Macmillan, 2007 | 210 | 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 | 206 | 2010 |
