| A virtual world of paleontology JA Cunningham, IA Rahman, S Lautenschlager, EJ Rayfield, ... Trends in ecology & evolution 29 (6), 347-357, 2014 | 378 | 2014 |
| Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy of fossil embryos PCJ Donoghue, S Bengtson, X Dong, NJ Gostling, T Huldtgren, ... Nature 442 (7103), 680-683, 2006 | 345 | 2006 |
| Fossilized nuclei and germination structures identify Ediacaran “animal embryos” as encysting protists T Huldtgren, JA Cunningham, C Yin, M Stampanoni, F Marone, ... Science 334 (6063), 1696-1699, 2011 | 202* | 2011 |
| The origin of animals: Can molecular clocks and the fossil record be reconciled? JA Cunningham, AG Liu, S Bengtson, PCJ Donoghue Bioessays 39 (1), 1-12, 2017 | 199 | 2017 |
| Open data and digital morphology TG Davies, IA Rahman, S Lautenschlager, JA Cunningham, RJ Asher, ... Proc. R. Soc. B 284 (1852), 20170194, 2017 | 196 | 2017 |
| Experimental taphonomy of Artemia reveals the role of endogenous microbes in mediating decay and fossilization AD Butler, JA Cunningham, GE Budd, PCJ Donoghue Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 282 (1808 …, 2015 | 117 | 2015 |
| Fossilized embryos are widespread but the record is temporally and taxonomically biased PCJ Donoghue, A Kouchinsky, D Waloszek, S Bengtson, X Dong, ... Evolution & development 8 (2), 232-238, 2006 | 109 | 2006 |
| Embryos, polyps and medusae of the Early Cambrian scyphozoan Olivooides XP Dong, JA Cunningham, S Bengtson, CW Thomas, J Liu, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1757), 20130071, 2013 | 93 | 2013 |
| The anatomy, affinity, and phylogenetic significance of Markuelia X Dong, PCJ Donoghue, JA Cunningham, J Liu, H Cheng Evolution & development 7 (5), 468-482, 2005 | 87 | 2005 |
| The anatomy, taphonomy, taxonomy and systematic affinity of Markuelia: Early Cambrian to Early Ordovician scalidophorans XIP DONG, S BENGTSON, NJ GOSTLING, JA CUNNINGHAM, ... Palaeontology 53 (6), 1291-1314, 2010 | 79 | 2010 |
| The Weng'an Biota (Doushantuo Formation): an Ediacaran window on soft-bodied and multicellular microorganisms JA Cunningham, K Vargas, Z Yin, S Bengtson, PCJ Donoghue Journal of the Geological Society, jgs2016-142, 2017 | 75 | 2017 |
| Distinguishing geology from biology in the Ediacaran Doushantuo biota relaxes constraints on the timing of the origin of bilaterians JA Cunningham, CW Thomas, S Bengtson, SL Kearns, S Xiao, F Marone, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, rspb20112280, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
| Experimental taphonomy of giant sulphur bacteria: implications for the interpretation of the embryo-like Ediacaran Doushantuo fossils JA Cunningham, CW Thomas, S Bengtson, F Marone, M Stampanoni, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, rspb20112064, 2011 | 57 | 2011 |
| A merciful death for the “earliest bilaterian,” Vernanimalcula S Bengtson, JA Cunningham, C Yin, PCJ Donoghue Evolution & Development 14 (5), 421-427, 2012 | 49 | 2012 |
| Nuclei and nucleoli in embryo-like fossils from the Ediacaran Weng’an Biota Z Yin, JA Cunningham, K Vargas, S Bengtson, M Zhu, PCJ Donoghue Precambrian Research, 2017 | 38 | 2017 |
| Developmental biology of the early Cambrian cnidarian Olivooides XP Dong, K Vargas, JA Cunningham, H Zhang, T Liu, F Chen, J Liu, ... Palaeontology, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
| Nanoparticle-Based Membrane Assembly and Silicification in Coacervate Microdroplets as a Route to Complex Colloidosomes J Fothergill, M Li, SA Davis, JA Cunningham, S Mann Langmuir 30 (48), 14591-14596, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |
| The Early Ediacaran Caveasphaera Foreshadows the Evolutionary Origin of Animal-like Embryology Z Yin, K Vargas, J Cunningham, S Bengtson, M Zhu, F Marone, ... Current Biology, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Experimental taphonomy of organelles and the fossil record of early eukaryote evolution EM Carlisle, M Jobbins, V Pankhania, JA Cunningham, PCJ Donoghue Science Advances 7 (5), eabe9487, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
| Critical appraisal of tubular putative eumetazoans from the Ediacaran Weng'an Doushantuo biota JA Cunningham, K Vargas, L Pengju, V Belivanova, F Marone, ... Proc. R. Soc. B 282 (1812), 20151169, 2015 | 30 | 2015 |
