| Species inflation and taxonomic artefacts—A critical comment on recent trends in mammalian classification FE Zachos, M Apollonio, EV Bärmann, M Festa-Bianchet, U Göhlich, ... Mammalian Biology 78 (1), 1-6, 2013 | 261 | 2013 |
| The taming of the neural crest: a developmental perspective on the origins of morphological covariation in domesticated mammals MR Sánchez-Villagra, M Geiger, RA Schneider Royal Society open science 3 (6), 160107, 2016 | 260 | 2016 |
| Homeotic effects, somitogenesis and the evolution of vertebral numbers in recent and fossil amniotes J Müller, TM Scheyer, JJ Head, PM Barrett, I Werneburg, PGP Ericson, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (5), 2118-2123, 2010 | 222 | 2010 |
| Bayesian divergence-time estimation with genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism data of sea catfishes (Ariidae) supports Miocene closure of the Panamanian Isthmus M Stange, MR Sánchez-Villagra, W Salzburger, M Matschiner Systematic Biology 67 (4), 681-699, 2018 | 217* | 2018 |
| Open data and digital morphology TG Davies, IA Rahman, S Lautenschlager, JA Cunningham, RJ Asher, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1852), 20170194, 2017 | 196 | 2017 |
| Mammalian skull heterochrony reveals modular evolution and a link between cranial development and brain size D Koyabu, I Werneburg, N Morimoto, CPE Zollikofer, AM Forasiepi, ... Nature communications 5 (1), 3625, 2014 | 176 | 2014 |
| Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics TM Scheyer, OA Aguilera, M Delfino, DC Fortier, AA Carlini, R Sánchez, ... Nature communications 4 (1), 1907, 2013 | 174 | 2013 |
| A morphological analysis of marsupial mammal higher‐level phylogenetic relationships I Horovitz, MR Sánchez‐Villagra Cladistics 19 (3), 181-212, 2003 | 171 | 2003 |
| Ossification heterochrony in the therian postcranial skeleton and the marsupial–placental dichotomy V Weisbecker, A Goswami, S Wroe, MR Sanchez-Villagra Evolution 62 (8), 2027-2041, 2008 | 153 | 2008 |
| Skeletal development in sloths and the evolution of mammalian vertebral patterning L Hautier, V Weisbecker, MR Sánchez-Villagra, A Goswami, RJ Asher Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (44), 18903-18908, 2010 | 152 | 2010 |
| The anatomy of the world's largest extinct rodent MR Sánchez-Villagra, O Aguilera, I Horovitz Science 301 (5640), 1708-1710, 2003 | 152 | 2003 |
| Neotropical mammal diversity and the Great American Biotic Interchange: spatial and temporal variation in South America's fossil record JD Carrillo, A Forasiepi, C Jaramillo, MR Sánchez-Villagra Frontiers in genetics 5, 451, 2015 | 145 | 2015 |
| Timing of organogenesis support basal position of turtles in the amniote tree of life I Werneburg, MR Sánchez-Villagra BMC Evolutionary Biology 9 (1), 82, 2009 | 144 | 2009 |
| Forelimb-hindlimb developmental timing changes across tetrapod phylogeny ORP Bininda-Emonds, JE Jeffery, MR Sánchez-Villagra, J Hanken, ... BMC evolutionary biology 7 (1), 182, 2007 | 132 | 2007 |
| First combined cladistic analysis of marsupial mammal interrelationships RJ Asher, I Horovitz, MR Sánchez-Villagra Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33 (1), 240-250, 2004 | 132 | 2004 |
| Evaluating the self‐domestication hypothesis of human evolution MR Sánchez‐Villagra, CP Van Schaik Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 28 (3), 133-143, 2019 | 131 | 2019 |
| Thoracolumbar vertebral number: the first skeletal synapomorphy for afrotherian mammals MR Sánchez‐Villagra, Y Narita, S Kuratani Systematics and Biodiversity 5 (1), 1-7, 2007 | 127 | 2007 |
| Ontogenetic and phylogenetic transformations of the ear ossicles in marsupial mammals MR Sánchez‐Villagra, S Gemballa, S Nummela, KK Smith, W Maier Journal of morphology 251 (3), 219-238, 2002 | 121 | 2002 |
| Conserved relative timing of cranial ossification patterns in early mammalian evolution MR Sánchez‐Villagra, A Goswami, V Weisbecker, O Mock, S Kuratani Evolution & development 10 (5), 519-530, 2008 | 116 | 2008 |
| Carapace bone histology in the giant pleurodiran turtle Stupendemys geographicus: phylogeny and function TM Scheyer, MR Sánchez-Villagra Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 (1), 2007 | 116 | 2007 |
Torsten M. ScheyerAdjunct Professor in Palaeontology, University of ZurichVerified email at pim.uzh.ch
