| Formation of the 'Great Unconformity' as a trigger for the Cambrian explosion SE Peters, RR Gaines Nature 484 (7394), 363-366, 2012 | 440 | 2012 |
| Mechanism for Burgess Shale-type preservation RR Gaines, EU Hammarlund, X Hou, C Qi, SE Gabbott, Y Zhao, J Peng, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (14), 5180-5184, 2012 | 243 | 2012 |
| Cambrian Burgess Shale–type deposits share a common mode of fossilization RR Gaines, DEG Briggs, Z Yuanlong Geology 36 (10), 755-758, 2008 | 234 | 2008 |
| The Qingjiang biota—a Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China D Fu, G Tong, T Dai, W Liu, Y Yang, Y Zhang, L Cui, L Li, H Yun, Y Wu, ... Science 363 (6433), 1338-1342, 2019 | 218 | 2019 |
| The Fezouata fossils of Morocco; an extraordinary record of marine life in the Early Ordovician P Van Roy, DEG Briggs, RR Gaines Journal of the Geological Society 172 (5), 541-549, 2015 | 197 | 2015 |
| Burgess Shale-type preservation and its distribution in space and time RR Gaines Paleontological Society Papers 20, 123-146, 2014 | 187 | 2014 |
| Microbial dissolution of clay minerals as a source of iron and silica in marine sediments JS Vorhies, RR Gaines Nature Geoscience 2 (3), 221-225, 2009 | 154 | 2009 |
| A new hypothesis for organic preservation of Burgess Shale taxa in the middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation, House Range, Utah RR Gaines, MJ Kennedy, ML Droser Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 220 (1-2), 193-205, 2005 | 153 | 2005 |
| A new phyllopod bed-like assemblage from the Burgess Shale of the Canadian Rockies JB Caron, RR Gaines, C Aria, MG Mángano, M Streng Nature communications 5 (1), 3210, 2014 | 114 | 2014 |
| A new Burgess Shale–type assemblage from the “thin” Stephen Formation of the southern Canadian Rockies JB Caron, RR Gaines, MG Mángano, M Streng, AC Daley Geology 38 (9), 811-814, 2010 | 103 | 2010 |
| Paleoecology of the familiar trilobite Elrathia kingii: An early exaerobic zone inhabitant RR Gaines, ML Droser Geology 31 (11), 941-944, 2003 | 98 | 2003 |
| Early Cambrian oxygen minimum zone-like conditions at Chengjiang EU Hammarlund, RR Gaines, MG Prokopenko, C Qi, XG Hou, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 475, 160-168, 2017 | 91 | 2017 |
| A mineralogical signature for Burgess Shale–type fossilization RP Anderson, NJ Tosca, RR Gaines, N Mongiardino Koch, DEG Briggs Geology 46 (4), 347-350, 2018 | 86 | 2018 |
| The Burgess Shale paleocommunity with new insights from Marble Canyon, British Columbia K Nanglu, JB Caron, RR Gaines Paleobiology 46 (1), 58-81, 2020 | 81 | 2020 |
| Global standard stratotype-section and point (GSSP) for the conterminous base of the Miaolingian Series and Wuliuan Stage (Cambrian) at Balang, Jianhe, Guizhou, China Y Zhao, J Yuan, LE Babcock, Q Guo, J Peng, L Yin, X Yang, SC Peng, ... Episodes 42 (2), 165-184, 2019 | 77 | 2019 |
| Microstratigraphy, trilobite biostratinomy, and depositional environment of the “lower Cambrian” Ruin Wash Lagerstätte, Pioche Formation, Nevada M Webster, RR Gaines, NC Hughes Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 264 (1-2), 100-122, 2008 | 71 | 2008 |
| The paleoredox setting of Burgess Shale-type deposits RR Gaines, ML Droser Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297 (3-4), 649-661, 2010 | 68 | 2010 |
| A large new leanchoiliid from the B urgess S hale and the influence of inapplicable states on stem arthropod phylogeny C Aria, JB Caron, R Gaines Palaeontology 58 (4), 629-660, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
| The Weeks Formation Konservat-Lagerstätte and the evolutionary transition of Cambrian marine life R Lerosey-Aubril, RR Gaines, TA Hegna, J Ortega-Hernández, P Van Roy, ... Journal of the Geological Society 175 (5), 705-715, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| Sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic eras RG Stockey, DB Cole, UC Farrell, H Agić, TH Boag, JJ Brocks, ... Nature Geoscience 17 (7), 667-674, 2024 | 57 | 2024 |
Derek E.G. BriggsYale UniversityVerified email at yale.edu
