| The origin of squamates revealed by a Middle Triassic lizard from the Italian Alps TR Simões, MW Caldwell, M Tałanda, M Bernardi, A Palci, O Vernygora, ... Nature 557 (7707), 706, 2018 | 77 | 2018 |
| 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 | 56 | 2017 |
| A stem acrodontan lizard in the Cretaceous of Brazil revises early lizard evolution in Gondwana TR Simões, E Wilner, MW Caldwell, LC Weinschütz, AWA Kellner Nature communications 6, 8149, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
| A mid-Cretaceous embryonic-to-neonate snake in amber from Myanmar L Xing, MW Caldwell, R Chen, RL Nydam, A Palci, TR Simões, ... Science Advances 4 (7), eaat5042, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
| A new Early Cretaceous lizard species from Brazil, and the phylogenetic position of the oldest known South American squamates TR Simões, MW Caldwell, AWA Kellner Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 (7), 601-614, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Mosasauroid phylogeny under multiple phylogenetic methods provides new insights on the evolution of aquatic adaptations in the group TR Simões, O Vernygora, I Paparella, P Jimenez-Huidobro, MW Caldwell PloS one 12 (5), e0176773, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Osteology, phylogeny, and functional morphology of two Jurassic lizard species and the early evolution of scansoriality in geckoes TR Simões, MW Caldwell, RL Nydam, P Jiménez-Huidobro Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180 (1), 216-241, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| The first iguanian lizard from the Mesozoic of Africa S Apesteguía, JD Daza, TR Simões, JC Rage Royal Society open science 3 (9), 160462, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| Redescription of Tijubina pontei, an Early Cretaceous lizard (Reptilia; Squamata) from the Crato Formation of Brazil TR Simões Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 84 (1), 79-94, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| A New Clevosaurid from the Triassic (Carnian) of Brazil and the Rise of Sphenodontians in Gondwana AS Hsiou, RL Nydam, TR Simões, FA Pretto, S Onary, AG Martinelli, ... Scientific Reports 9 (1), 1-12, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Re-characterization of Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Cope, 1874) and Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart, 2005: Ontogeny or sympatry? P Jiménez-Huidobro, TR Simões, MW Caldwell Cretaceous Research 65, 68-81, 2016 | 16 | 2016 |
| The oldest plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from Antarctica AWA Kellner, TR Simoes, D Riff, O Grillo, P Romano, H de Paula, ... Polar Research 30 (1), 7265, 2011 | 16 | 2011 |
| New skulls and skeletons of the Cretaceous legged snake Najash, and the evolution of the modern snake body plan FF Garberoglio, S Apesteguía, TR Simões, A Palci, RO Gómez, ... Science Advances 5 (11), eaax5833, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
| Mesozoic Lizards from Brazil and Their Role in Early Squamate Evolution in South America TR Simões, MW Caldwell, LC Weinschütz, E Wilner, AWA Kellner Journal of Herpetology 51 (3), 307-315, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| Reacquisition of the lower temporal bar in sexually dimorphic fossil lizards provides a rare case of convergent evolution TR Simões, GF Funston, B Vafaeian, RL Nydam, MR Doschak, ... Scientific reports 6 (1), 1-12, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
| A tiny new Middle Triassic stem-lepidosauromorph from Germany: implications for the early evolution of lepidosauromorphs and the Vellberg fauna G Sobral, TR Simões, RR Schoch Scientific Reports 10 (1), 1-9, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
| Megaevolutionary dynamics and the timing of evolutionary innovation in reptiles TR Simões, O Vernygora, MW Caldwell, SE Pierce Nature Communications 11 (1), 1-14, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
| The evolution of the axial skeleton intercentrum system in snakes revealed by new data from the Cretaceous snakes Dinilysia and Najash FF Garberoglio, RO Gómez, TR Simões, MW Caldwell, S Apesteguía Scientific Reports 9, 2019 | 6 | 2019 |
| New data on the Late Cretaceous lizard Dicothodon bajaensis (Squamata, Borioteiioidea) from Baja California, Mexico reveals an unusual tooth replacement pattern in squamates ML CHAVARRÍA-ARELLANO, TR Simoes, M Montellano-Ballesteros Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 90 (3), 2781-2795, 2018 | 6 | 2018 |
| Giant taxon‐character matrices II: a response to Laing et al.(2017) TR Simões, MW Caldwell, A Palci, RL Nydam Cladistics 34 (6), 702-707, 2018 | 5 | 2018 |
Michael CaldwellProfessor University of AlbertaVerified email at ualberta.ca
