| A snake with legs from the marine Cretaceous of the Middle East MW Caldwell, MSY Lee Nature 386 (6626), 705-709, 1997 | 238 | 1997 |
| Squamate phylogeny and the relationships of snakes and mosasauroids MW CALDWELL Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1), 115-147, 1999 | 199 | 1999 |
| The origin of squamates revealed by a Middle Triassic lizard from the Italian Alps TR Simoes, MW Caldwell, M Tałanda, M Bernardi, A Palci, O Vernygora, ... Nature 557 (7707), 706-709, 2018 | 189 | 2018 |
| Adriosaurus and the affinities of mosasaurs, dolichosaurs, and snakes MSY Lee, MW Caldwell Journal of Paleontology 74 (5), 915-937, 2000 | 173 | 2000 |
| The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution MW Caldwell, RL Nydam, A Palci, S Apesteguía Nature communications 6 (1), 5996, 2015 | 158 | 2015 |
| Anatomy and relationships of Pachyrhachis problematicus, a primitive snake with hindlimbs MSY Lee, MW Caldwell Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 1998 | 140 | 1998 |
| Convergent evolution in aquatic tetrapods: insights from an exceptional fossil mosasaur J Lindgren, MW Caldwell, T Konishi, LM Chiappe PloS one 5 (8), e11998, 2010 | 129 | 2010 |
| Current perspectives on tooth implantation, attachment, and replacement in Amniota TJC Bertin, B Thivichon-Prince, ARH LeBlanc, MW Caldwell, L Viriot Frontiers in physiology 9, 1630, 2018 | 121 | 2018 |
| The origin of snake feeding MSY Lee, GL Bell Jr, MW Caldwell Nature 400 (6745), 655-659, 1999 | 107 | 1999 |
| The pectoral girdle and forelimb of Carsosaurus marchesetti (Aigialosauridae), with a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of mosasauroids and varanoids MW Caldwell, RL Carroll, H Kaiser Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15 (3), 516-531, 1995 | 98 | 1995 |
| Giant taxon‐character matrices: quality of character constructions remains critical regardless of size TR Simões, MW Caldwell, A Palci, RL Nydam Cladistics 33 (2), 198-219, 2017 | 96 | 2017 |
| The first freshwater mosasauroid (Upper Cretaceous, Hungary) and a new clade of basal mosasauroids L Makádi, MW Caldwell, A Ősi PLoS One 7 (12), e51781, 2012 | 86 | 2012 |
| From fins to limbs to fins: limb evolution in fossil marine reptiles MW Caldwell American journal of medical genetics 112 (3), 236-249, 2002 | 86 | 2002 |
| Ontogeny and phylogeny of the mesopodial skeleton in mosasauroid reptiles MW CALDWELL Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 116 (4), 407-436, 1996 | 85 | 1996 |
| A new basal mosasauroid from the Cenomanian (U. Cretaceous) of Slovenia with a review of mosasauroid phylogeny and evolution MW Caldwell, A Palci Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (4), 863-880, 2007 | 81 | 2007 |
| Live birth in Cretaceous marine lizards (mosasauroids) MW Caldwell, MSY Lee Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2001 | 81 | 2001 |
| On the aquatic squamate Dolichosaurus longicollis Owen, 1850 (Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous), and the evolution of elongate necks in Squamates MW Caldwell Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 (4), 720-735, 2001 | 81 | 2001 |
| New Silurian and Devonian fork-tailed'thelodonts' are jawless vertebrates with stomachs and deep bodies MVH Wilson, MW Caldwell Nature 361 (6411), 442-444, 1993 | 81 | 1993 |
| A stem acrodontan lizard in the Cretaceous of Brazil revises early lizard evolution in Gondwana TR Simoes, E Wilner, MW Caldwell, LC Weinschütz, AWA Kellner Nature Communications 6 (1), 8149, 2015 | 80 | 2015 |
| A fishy mosasaur: the axial skeleton of Plotosaurus (Reptilia, Squamata) reassessed J Lindgren, JWM Jagt, MW Caldwell Lethaia 40 (2), 153-160, 2007 | 77 | 2007 |
Michael S. Y. LeeFlinders University and South Australian MuseumVerified email at samuseum.sa.gov.au
