| Silurian-Lower Devonian conodont sequence in the Roberts Mountains Formation of central Nevada G Klapper, MA Murphy (No Title), 1974 | 193 | 1974 |
| Time-rock model for Siluro-Devonian continental shelf, western United States JG Johnson, MA Murphy Geological Society of America Bulletin 95 (11), 1349-1359, 1984 | 186 | 1984 |
| Correlation of the Cretaceous formations of the Pacific coast (United States and northwestern Mexico) WP Popenoe, RW Imlay, MA Murphy Geological Society of America Bulletin 71 (10), 1491-1540, 1960 | 181 | 1960 |
| Silurian and Devonian graptolites of central Nevada. WBN Berry, M MA | 131 | 1975 |
| Lower Devonian conodonts (hesperius-kindlei zones), central Nevada MA Murphy, JC Matti Univ of California Press, 1982 | 106 | 1982 |
| On classification of Pridoli (Silurian)-Lochkovian (Devonian) Spathognathodontidae (Conodonts) MA Murphy, JI Valenzuela-Ríos, P Carls Regents of the University of California, 2004 | 95 | 2004 |
| Lanea new genus, lineage ofEarly Devonian conodonts MA MuRPHY | 84 | 1998 |
| Devonian stratigraphy of Sulphur Springs and Pinyon Ranges, Nevada D Carlisle, MA Murphy, CA Nelson, EL Winterer AAPG Bulletin 41 (10), 2175-2191, 1957 | 83 | 1957 |
| Lower Cretaceous stratigraphic units of northern California MA Murphy AAPG Bulletin 40 (9), 2098-2119, 1956 | 83 | 1956 |
| Silurian reef complex and associated facies, central Nevada EL Winterer, MA Murphy The Journal of Geology 68 (2), 117-139, 1960 | 81 | 1960 |
| Sedimentary structures in Ilhas and Sao Sebastiao Formations (Cretaceous), Reconcavo Basin, Brazil MA Murphy AAPG Bulletin 46 (4), 457-477, 1962 | 79 | 1962 |
| Biostratigraphy and evolution of the Ozarkodina remscheidensis-Eognathodus sulcatus lineage (Lower Devonian) in Germany and central Nevada MA Murphy, JC Matti, OH Walliser Journal of Paleontology, 747-772, 1981 | 72 | 1981 |
| Silurian and Lower Devonian basin and basin-slope limestones, Copenhagen Canyon, Nevada JC Matti, MA Murphy, SC Finney Geological Society of America, 1975 | 65 | 1975 |
| PRIDOLIAN AND EARLY GEDINNIAN AGE BRACHIOPODS FROM THE ROBERTS MOUNTAINS FORMATION OF CENTRAL NEVEDA. JG Johnson, B AJ, M MA | 64 | 1973 |
| Geology of th Ono quadrangle, Shasta and Tehama counties, Califolnia MA Murphy Calif. Div. Mines and Geol. Bull. 192, 1-28, 1969 | 64 | 1969 |
| On time-stratigraphic units MA Murphy Journal of Paleontology, 213-219, 1977 | 57 | 1977 |
| Wenlockian and Ludlovian age brachiopods from the Roberts Mountains Formation of central Nevada. JG Johnson, B AJ, M MA | 54 | 1976 |
| A new zonation of middle Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) conodonts and evolution of Flajsella n. gen.(Conodonta) JI Valenzuela-Ríos, MA Murphy | 49 | 1997 |
| Evidence for Late Devonian movement within the Roberts Mountains allochthon, Roberts Mountains, Nevada MA Murphy, JD Power, JG Johnson Geology 12 (1), 20-23, 1984 | 48 | 1984 |
| International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification of IUGS International Commission on StratigraphyInternational Stratigraphic Guide—An Abridged Version MA Murphy GeoArabia 5 (2), 231-266, 2000 | 46 | 2000 |
