| A semiquantitative field classification of ichnofabric ML Droser, DJ Bottjer Journal of Sedimentary Research 56 (4), 1986 | 819 | 1986 |
| The great Ordovician biodiversification event BD Webby, F Paris, ML Droser, IG Percival Columbia University Press, 2004 | 551 | 2004 |
| Late Precambrian oxygenation; inception of the clay mineral factory M Kennedy, M Droser, LM Mayer, D Pevear, D Mrofka Science 311 (5766), 1446-1449, 2006 | 328 | 2006 |
| A new ecological-severity ranking of major Phanerozoic biodiversity crises GR McGhee Jr, ME Clapham, PM Sheehan, DJ Bottjer, ML Droser Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 370, 260-270, 2013 | 252 | 2013 |
| Ecological ranking of Phanerozoic biodiversity crises: ecological and taxonomic severities are decoupled GR McGhee Jr, PM Sheehan, DJ Bottjer, ML Droser Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 211 (3-4), 289-297, 2004 | 249 | 2004 |
| Trends in depth and extent of bioturbation in Cambrian carbonate marine environments, western United States ML Droser, DJ Bottjer Geology 16 (3), 233-236, 1988 | 240 | 1988 |
| Ediacara-type fossils in Cambrian sediments S Jensen, JG Gehling, ML Droser Nature 393 (6685), 567-569, 1998 | 234 | 1998 |
| Trace fossils and substrates of the terminal Proterozoic–Cambrian transition: implications for the record of early bilaterians and sediment mixing ML Droser, S Jensen, JG Gehling Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (20), 12572-12576, 2002 | 216 | 2002 |
| Decoupling of taxonomic and ecologic severity of Phanerozoic marine mass extinctions ML Droser, DJ Bottjer, PM Sheehan, GR McGhee Jr Geology 28 (8), 675-678, 2000 | 215 | 2000 |
| A critical look at the Ediacaran trace fossil record S Jensen, ML Droser, JG Gehling Neoproterozoic geobiology and paleobiology, 115-157, 2006 | 209 | 2006 |
| Palaeoenvironmental trends in the history of trace fossils DJ Bottjer, ML Droser, D Jablonski Nature 333 (6170), 252-255, 1988 | 208 | 1988 |
| Ordovician increase in extent and depth of bioturbation: Implications for understanding early Paleozoic ecospace utilization ML Droser, DJ Bottjer Geology 17 (9), 850-852, 1989 | 207 | 1989 |
| Burrowing below the basal Cambrian GSSP, fortune head, Newfoundland JG Gehling, S Jensen, ML Droser, PM Myrow, GM Narbonne Geological Magazine 138 (2), 213-218, 2001 | 196 | 2001 |
| Ediacara organisms: relating form to function JG Gehling, ML Droser, SR Jensen, BN Runnegar, DEG Briggs Evolving form and function: fossils and development, 43-66, 2005 | 191 | 2005 |
| Trace fossil preservation and the early evolution of animals S Jensen, ML Droser, JG Gehling Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 220 (1-2), 19-29, 2005 | 185 | 2005 |
| How well do fossil assemblages of the Ediacara Biota tell time? JG Gehling, ML Droser Geology 41 (4), 447-450, 2013 | 179 | 2013 |
| Eight-armed Ediacara fossil preserved in contrasting taphonomic windows from China and Australia M Zhu, JG Gehling, S Xiao, Y Zhao, ML Droser Geology 36 (11), 867-870, 2008 | 179 | 2008 |
| Evaluating the ecological architecture of major events in the Phanerozoic history of marine invertebrate life ML Droser, DJ Bottjer, PM Sheehan Geology 25 (2), 167-170, 1997 | 165 | 1997 |
| Textured organic surfaces associated with the Ediacara biota in South Australia JG Gehling, ML Droser Earth-Science Reviews 96 (3), 196-206, 2009 | 163 | 2009 |
| The advent of animals: the view from the Ediacaran ML Droser, JG Gehling Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (16), 4865-4870, 2015 | 159 | 2015 |
