Nocturnality in dinosaurs inferred from scleral ring and orbit morphology L Schmitz, R Motani Science 332 (6030), 705-708, 2011 | 170 | 2011 |
Nocturnality constrains morphological and functional diversity in the eyes of reef fishes L Schmitz, P Wainwright BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 (1), 338, 2011 | 139 | 2011 |
Massive increase in visual range preceded the origin of terrestrial vertebrates MA MacIver, L Schmitz, U Mugan, TD Murphey, CD Mobley Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (12), E2375-E2384, 2017 | 106 | 2017 |
PHYLOGENETIC VERSUS FUNCTIONAL SIGNALS IN THE EVOLUTION OF FORM–FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN TERRESTRIAL VISION R Motani, L Schmitz Evolution, 2011 | 104 | 2011 |
Evidence for repeated loss of selective constraint in rhodopsin of amblyopsid cavefishes (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae) ML Niemiller, BM Fitzpatrick, P Shah, L Schmitz, TJ Near Evolution 67 (3), 732-748, 2013 | 99 | 2013 |
Nocturnality in synapsids predates the origin of mammals by over 100 million years KD Angielczyk, L Schmitz Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1793), 20141642, 2014 | 96 | 2014 |
Morphological differences between the eyeballs of nocturnal and diurnal amniotes revisited from optical perspectives of visual environments L Schmitz, R Motani Vision research 50 (10), 936-946, 2010 | 85 | 2010 |
Biodiversity and sequence of the Middle Triassic Panxian marine reptile fauna, Guizhou Province, China D JIANG, R MOTANI, W HAO, O RIEPPEL, Y SUN, A TINTORI, Z SUN, ... Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition 83 (3), 451-459, 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
First record of Placodontoidea (Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Placodontia) from the eastern Tethys DY Jiang, R Motani, WC Hao, O Rieppel, YL Sun, L Schmitz, ZY Sun Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3), 904-908, 2008 | 68 | 2008 |
Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks NB Fröbisch, J Fröbisch, PM Sander, L Schmitz, O Rieppel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (4), 1393-1397, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
A new mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China D Jiang, L Schmitz, WC Hao, YL Sun Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (1), 60-69, 2006 | 64 | 2006 |
Fossil sharks from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. GGR Cuny, M Ouaja, D Srarfi, L Schmitz, E Buffetaut, MJ Benton | 62 | 2004 |
Selective extinction of Triassic marine reptiles during long-term sea-level changes illuminated by seawater strontium isotopes NP Kelley, R Motani, D Jiang, O Rieppel, L Schmitz Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 400, 9-16, 2014 | 61 | 2014 |
New insight into the distribution and palaeobiology of the pycnodont fish Gyrodus J Kriwet, L Schmitz Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (1), 49, 2005 | 53 | 2005 |
Linking ecomechanical models and functional traits to understand phenotypic diversity TE Higham, LA Ferry, L Schmitz, DJ Irschick, S Starko, PSL Anderson, ... Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36 (9), 860-873, 2021 | 51 | 2021 |
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans PM Sander, EM Griebeler, N Klein, JV Juarbe, T Wintrich, LJ Revell, ... Science 374 (6575), eabf5787, 2021 | 49 | 2021 |
A new middle Triassic eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from southwestern China DY Jiang, O Rieppel, R Motani, WC Hao, YL Sun, L Schmitz, ZY Sun Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (4), 1055-1062, 2008 | 45 | 2008 |
New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery D Jiang, R Motani, W Hao, L Schmitz, O Rieppel, Y Sun, Z Sun Progress in Natural Science 18 (10), 1315-1319, 2008 | 44 | 2008 |
Horizons and assemblages of Middle Triassic marine reptiles from Panxian, Guizhou, China R Motani, DY Jiang, A Tintori, YL Sun, WC Hao, A Boyd, S Hinic-Frlog, ... Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3), 900-903, 2008 | 43 | 2008 |
Quantitative estimates of visual performance features in fossil birds L Schmitz Journal of morphology 270 (6), 759-773, 2009 | 42 | 2009 |