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Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Chase Doran Brownstein
Yale University
2
Peter J. Bishop
Queensland Museum
3
Xu Dai
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
4
Ava Ghezelayagh
University of Chicago
5
Christopher T. Griffin
Virginia Tech
6
Kristina Kverková
Charles University
7
Tito Aureliano
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
8
Yohan Pochat‐Cottilloux
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
9
Jonathan P. Rio
Imperial College London
10
Armita R. Manafzadeh
Yale University

Rising Stars Papers

1
The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis
Evolution|2024
39 cit.
2
Synergistic innovations enabled the radiation of anglerfishes in the deep open ocean
Current Biology|2024
19 cit.
3
Articular surface interactions distinguish dinosaurian locomotor joint poses
Nature Communications|2024
17 cit.
4
Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon
Current Biology|2025
13 cit.
5
New Cretaceous neosuchians (Crocodylomorpha) from Thailand bridge the evolutionary history of atoposaurids and paralligatorids
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|2024
11 cit.
6
Toward a Phylogenetic Taxonomy of Sturgeons (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae)
Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History|2025
11 cit.
7
Geochronology of the Early Triassic based on coupled Bayesian zircon eruption age and Bayesian age–depth models
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2025
9 cit.
8
Late acquisition of erect hindlimb posture and function in the forerunners of therian mammals
Science Advances|2024
8 cit.
9
The Palaeozoic assembly of the holocephalan body plan far preceded post-Cretaceous radiations into the ocean depths
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2024
8 cit.
10
Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity
Science Advances|2025
8 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Thomas L. Stubbs
The Open University
2
Jie Hu
Nankai University
3
Christopher G. Mull
Dalhousie University
4
Rodrigo Temp Müller
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
5
Felipe C. Montefeltro
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
6
Lanyun Miao
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Serjoscha Evers
University of Fribourg
8
Qingming Qu
Xiamen University
9
Stephen Pates
University of Exeter
10
Stephen G. B. Chester
Yale University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
You Only Segment Once: Towards Real-Time Panoptic Segmentation
Unknown Journal|2023
62 cit.
2
New reptile shows dinosaurs and pterosaurs evolved among diverse precursors
Nature|2023
53 cit.
3
Taxonomic, palaeobiological and evolutionary implications of a phylogenetic hypothesis for Ornithischia (Archosauria: Dinosauria)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|2022
50 cit.
4
Classification of acute myeloid leukemia M1 and M2 subtypes using machine learning
Computers in Biology and Medicine|2022
47 cit.
5
1.63-billion-year-old multicellular eukaryotes from the Chuanlinggou Formation in North China
Science Advances|2024
47 cit.
6
A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis on early ornithischian evolution
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|2024
42 cit.
7
Cranial ecomorphology of turtles and neck retraction as a possible trigger of ecological diversification
Evolution|2022
41 cit.
8
Independent origin of large labyrinth size in turtles
Nature Communications|2022
41 cit.
9
A systematic compendium of turtle mandibular anatomy using digital dissections of soft tissue and osteology
The Anatomical Record|2022
34 cit.
10
Reassessment of <i>Faxinalipterus minimus</i>, a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil with the description of a new taxon
PeerJ|2022
32 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Michael J. Benton
University of Bristol
2
Mark A. Norell
American Museum of Natural History
3
Philip J. Currie
University of Alberta
4
Robert R. Reisz
General Electric (Canada)
5
Zhonghe Zhou
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Paul M. Barrett
Natural History Museum
7
Richard J. Butler
Natural History Museum
8
Luis M. Chiappe
American Museum of Natural History
9
Alexander W. A. Kellner
Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral
10
Max C. Langer
Universidade de São Paulo

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Continuous wave doppler determination of right ventricular pressure: A simultaneous Doppler-catheterization study in 127 patients
Journal of the American College of Cardiology|1985
1k cit.
2
The timing and pattern of biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction
Nature Geoscience|2012
809 cit.
3
Best Practices for Justifying Fossil Calibrations
Systematic Biology|2011
788 cit.
4
Evolution in four dimensions: Genetic, epigenetic, behavioral, and symbolic variation in the history of life
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2005
616 cit.
5
Continuous-wave Doppler echocardiographic assessment of severity of calcific aortic stenosis: a simultaneous Doppler-catheter correlative study in 100 adult patients.
Circulation|1985
517 cit.
6
How to kill (almost) all life: the end-Permian extinction event
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|2003
505 cit.
7
A reevaluation of early amniote phylogeny
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|1995
402 cit.
8
The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods.
Systematic Zoology|1989
388 cit.
9
A new carnosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|1993
380 cit.
10
Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|1985
370 cit.

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