| The oldest record of Ornithuromorpha from the Early Cretaceous of China M Wang, X Zheng, JK O’Connor, GT Lloyd, X Wang, Y Wang, X Zhang, ... Nature Communications 6 (1), 6987, 2015 | 123 | 2015 |
| Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour X Zheng, J O’Connor, F Huchzermeyer, X Wang, Y Wang, M Wang, ... Nature 495 (7442), 507-511, 2013 | 108 | 2013 |
| A new diverse enantiornithine family (Bohaiornithidae fam. nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information from two new species M Wang, Z Zhou, JK O’Connor, NV Zelenkov Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 (1), 31-76, 2014 | 105 | 2014 |
| Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis Y Pan, W Zheng, AE Moyer, JK O’Connor, M Wang, X Zheng, X Wang, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (49), E7900-E7907, 2016 | 99 | 2016 |
| A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs M Wang, JK O’Connor, X Xu, Z Zhou Nature 569 (7755), 256-259, 2019 | 98 | 2019 |
| On the absence of sternal elements in Anchiornis (Paraves) and Sapeornis (Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum X Zheng, J O’Connor, X Wang, M Wang, X Zhang, Z Zhou Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (38), 13900-13905, 2014 | 95 | 2014 |
| Spatiotemporal evolution of the Jehol Biota: Responses to the North China craton destruction in the Early Cretaceous Z Zhou, Q Meng, R Zhu, M Wang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (34), e2107859118, 2021 | 91 | 2021 |
| The molecular evolution of feathers with direct evidence from fossils Y Pan, W Zheng, RH Sawyer, MW Pennington, X Zheng, X Wang, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (8), 3018-3023, 2019 | 84 | 2019 |
| Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) X Wang, JK O'Connor, X Zheng, M Wang, H Hu, Z Zhou Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113 (3), 805-819, 2014 | 82 | 2014 |
| A new species from an ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) dominated locality of the Jehol Biota S Zhou, JK O’Connor, M Wang Chinese Science Bulletin 59 (36), 5366-5378, 2014 | 69 | 2014 |
| A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle M Wang, JK O’Connor, Y Pan, Z Zhou Nature Communications 8 (1), 14141, 2017 | 64 | 2017 |
| The histology of two female Early Cretaceous birds JK O’CONNOR, W Min, Z Xiao-Ting, W Xiao-Li, Z Zhong-He Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 (1), 112, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
| Rates of morphological evolution are heterogeneous in Early Cretaceous birds M Wang, GT Lloyd Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1828), 20160214, 2016 | 61 | 2016 |
| Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications X Zheng, JK O’Connor, X Wang, Y Pan, Y Wang, M Wang, Z Zhou National Science Review 4 (3), 441-452, 2017 | 60 | 2017 |
| A new clade of basal Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds and developmental plasticity of the avian shoulder girdle M Wang, TA Stidham, Z Zhou Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (42), 10708-10713, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| A new specimen of large-bodied basal enantiornithine Bohaiornis from the Early Cretaceous of China and the inference of feeding ecology in Mesozoic birds Z Li, Z Zhou, M Wang, JA Clarke Journal of Paleontology 88 (1), 99-108, 2014 | 59 | 2014 |
| A taxonomical revision of the Confuciusornithiformes (Aves: Pygostylia) M Wang, JK O’Connor, Z Zhou Vertebrata Palasiatica 57 (1), 1-37, 2019 | 53 | 2019 |
| New geochronological constraints for the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Jianchang Basin, NE China, and their implications for the late Jehol Biota Z Yu, M Wang, Y Li, C Deng, H He Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 583, 110657, 2021 | 51 | 2021 |
| Insight into the growth pattern and bone fusion of basal birds from an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird M Wang, Z Li, Z Zhou Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (43), 11470-11475, 2017 | 51 | 2017 |
| A fish-eating enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China provides evidence of modern avian digestive features M Wang, Z Zhou, C Sullivan Current Biology 26 (9), 1170-1176, 2016 | 48 | 2016 |
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