| A total-evidence dated phylogeny of Echinoidea combining phylogenomic and paleontological data N Mongiardino Koch, JR Thompson Systematic Biology 70 (3), 421-439, 2021 | 49 | 2021 |
| Reorganization of sea urchin gene regulatory networks at least 268 million years ago as revealed by oldest fossil cidaroid echinoid JR Thompson, E Petsios, EH Davidson, EM Erkenbrack, F Gao, DJ Bottjer Scientific reports 5 (1), 15541, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
| Juvenile skeletogenesis in anciently diverged sea urchin clades F Gao, JR Thompson, E Petsios, E Erkenbrack, RA Moats, DJ Bottjer, ... Developmental biology 400 (1), 148-158, 2015 | 41 | 2015 |
| Evolution and development at the origin of a phylum B Deline, JR Thompson, NS Smith, S Zamora, IA Rahman, SL Sheffield, ... Current Biology 30 (9), 1672-1679. e3, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| Paleogenomics of echinoids reveals an ancient origin for the double-negative specification of micromeres in sea urchins JR Thompson, EM Erkenbrack, VF Hinman, BS McCauley, E Petsios, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (23), 5870-5877, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| Phylogenomic analyses of echinoid diversification prompt a re-evaluation of their fossil record NM Koch, JR Thompson, AS Hiley, MF McCowin, AF Armstrong, ... Elife 11, e72460, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| Ancestral state reconstruction by comparative analysis of a GRN kernel operating in echinoderms EM Erkenbrack, K Ako-Asare, E Miller, S Tekelenburg, JR Thompson, ... Development Genes and Evolution 226, 37-45, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| Cell type phylogenetics informs the evolutionary origin of echinoderm larval skeletogenic cell identity EM Erkenbrack, JR Thompson Communications Biology 2 (1), 160, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| A new ophiocistioid with soft-tissue preservation from the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, and the evolution of the holothurian body plan IA Rahman, JR Thompson, DEG Briggs, DJ Siveter, DJ Siveter, MD Sutton Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1900), 20182792, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| Post-metamorphic skeletal growth in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus and implications for body plan evolution JR Thompson, P Paganos, G Benvenuto, MI Arnone, P Oliveri EvoDevo 12, 1-14, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
| Facies distribution and taphonomy of echinoids from the Fort Payne Formation (late Osagean, early Viséan, Mississippian) of Kentucky JR Thompson, WI Ausich Journal of Paleontology 90 (2), 239-249, 2016 | 20 | 2016 |
| Molecular evidence of anteroposterior patterning in adult echinoderms L Formery, P Peluso, I Kohnle, J Malnick, JR Thompson, M Pitel, ... Nature 623 (7987), 555-561, 2023 | 18 | 2023 |
| A new stem group echinoid from the Triassic of China leads to a revised macroevolutionary history of echinoids during the end-Permian mass extinction JR Thompson, S Hu, QY Zhang, E Petsios, LJ Cotton, JY Huang, C Zhou, ... Royal Society Open Science 5 (1), 171548, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
| Investigating the paleoecological consequences of supercontinent breakup: sponges clean up in the early Jurassic FA Corsetti, KA Ritterbush, DJ Bottjer, SE Greene, Y Ibarra, JA Yager, ... The Sedimentary Record 13 (2), 4-10, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| A diverse trackway-dominated marine ichnoassemblage from the Lower Triassic in the northern Paleotethys: Ichnology and implications for biotic recovery X Feng, ZQ Chen, MJ Benton, S Wu, DJ Bottjer, JR Thompson Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 519, 124-140, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
| Revision of echinoids from the Tournaisian (Mississippian) of Belgium and the importance of disarticulated material in assessing palaeodiversity JR Thompson, J Denayer Geological Journal 52 (4), 529-538, 2017 | 15 | 2017 |
| Biotic impacts of temperature before, during, and after the end-Permian extinction: A multi-metric and multi-scale approach to modeling extinction and recovery dynamics E Petsios, JR Thompson, C Pietsch, DJ Bottjer Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 513, 86-99, 2019 | 14 | 2019 |
| A diverse assemblage of Permian echinoids (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and implications for character evolution in early crown group echinoids JR Thompson, E Petsios, DJ Bottjer Journal of Paleontology 91 (4), 767-780, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Re-evaluating the phylogenetic position of the enigmatic early Cambrian deuterostome Yanjiahella S Zamora, DF Wright, R Mooi, B Lefebvre, TE Guensburg, P Gorzelak, ... Nature Communications 11 (1), 1286, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
| A biased fossil record can preserve reliable phylogenetic signal CH Woolley, JR Thompson, YH Wu, DJ Bottjer, ND Smith Paleobiology 48 (3), 480-495, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
David J. BottjerProfessor of Earth Sciences, University of Southern CaliforniaVerified email at usc.edu
