| Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils PGP Ericson, CL Anderson, T Britton, A Elzanowski, US Johansson, ... Biology letters 2 (4), 543-547, 2006 | 619 | 2006 |
| Paleogene fossil birds G Mayr Springer Science & Business Media, 2009 | 468 | 2009 |
| The deep divergences of neornithine birds: a phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters G Mayr, J Clarke Cladistics 19 (6), 527-553, 2003 | 270 | 2003 |
| The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe G Mayr Biological Reviews 80 (4), 515-542, 2005 | 192 | 2005 |
| A well-preserved Archaeopteryx specimen with theropod features G Mayr, B Pohl, DS Peters Science 310 (5753), 1483-1486, 2005 | 145 | 2005 |
| Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus G Mayr, SD Peters, G Plodowski, O Vogel Naturwissenschaften 89 (8), 361-365, 2002 | 137 | 2002 |
| Structural coloration in a fossil feather J Vinther, DEG Briggs, J Clarke, G Mayr, RO Prum Biology Letters 6 (1), 128-131, 2010 | 123 | 2010 |
| The tenth skeletal specimen of Archaeopteryx G Mayr, B Pohl, S Hartman, DS Peters Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 (1), 97-116, 2007 | 122 | 2007 |
| Old World fossil record of modern-type hummingbirds G Mayr Science 304 (5672), 861-864, 2004 | 112 | 2004 |
| Avian evolution: the fossil record of birds and its paleobiological significance G Mayr John Wiley & Sons, 2016 | 111 | 2016 |
| Monophyletic groups within ‘higher land birds’–comparison of morphological and molecular data G Mayr, A Manegold, US Johansson Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 41 (4), 233-248, 2003 | 99 | 2003 |
| Metaves, Mirandornithes, Strisores and other novelties–a critical review of the higher‐level phylogeny of neornithine birds G Mayr Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49 (1), 58-76, 2011 | 96 | 2011 |
| " Coraciiforme" und" piciforme" Kleinvögel aus dem Mittel-Eozän der Grube Messel (Hessen, Deutschland) G Mayr Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 1998 | 89 | 1998 |
| Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) JO Kriegs, A Matzke, G Churakov, A Kuritzin, G Mayr, J Brosius, J Schmitz BMC Evolutionary Biology 7 (1), 1-11, 2007 | 86 | 2007 |
| Morphological evidence for sister group relationship between flamingos (Aves: Phoenicopteridae) and grebes (Podicipedidae) G Mayr Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (2), 157-169, 2004 | 86 | 2004 |
| Osteological evidence for paraphyly of the avian order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies) G Mayr Journal für Ornithologie 143 (1), 82-97, 2002 | 85 | 2002 |
| Avian higher‐level phylogeny: well‐supported clades and what we can learn from a phylogenetic analysis of 2954 morphological characters G Mayr Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 46 (1), 63-72, 2008 | 75 | 2008 |
| On the osteology and phylogenetic affinities of the Pseudasturidae–Lower Eocene stem-group representatives of parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes) G Mayr Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 (4), 715-729, 2002 | 68 | 2002 |
| The Early Eocene bird Gallinuloides wyomingensis-a stem group representative of Galliformes G Mayr, I Weidig Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (2), 2004 | 67 | 2004 |
| 3D camouflage in an ornithischian dinosaur J Vinther, R Nicholls, S Lautenschlager, M Pittman, TG Kaye, E Rayfield, ... Current Biology 26 (18), 2456-2462, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
