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(2013) Pascal Godefroit et al.   NATURE

The Placental Mammal Ancestor and the Post-K-Pg Radiation of Placentals

(2013) M. A. O'Leary et al.   SCIENCE

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Quantifying historical trends in the completeness of the fossil record and the contributing factors: an example using Aves

(2012) Daniel T. Ksepka et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

The Completeness of the Fossil Record of Mesozoic Birds: Implications for Early Avian Evolution

(2012) Neil Brocklehurst et al.   PLoS One

Multiple nuclear genes and retroposons support vicariance and dispersal of the palaeognaths, and an Early Cretaceous origin of modern birds

(2012) O. Haddrath et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Total-Evidence Approach to Dating with Fossils, Applied to the Early Radiation of the Hymenoptera

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

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(2012) David W. Bapst   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The osteology ofMagnosaurus nethercombensis(Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of the United Kingdom and a re-examination of the oldest records of tetanurans

(2011) Roger B. J. Benson   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Expansion Dating: Calibrating Molecular Clocks in Marine Species from Expansions onto the Sunda Shelf Following the Last Glacial Maximum

(2011) E. D. Crandall et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae

(2011) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

Didactyl Tracks of Paravian Theropods (Maniraptora) from the ?Middle Jurassic of Africa

(2011) Alexander Mudroch et al.   PLoS One

Mass extinction of birds at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary

(2011) N. R. Longrich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Divergence Time Estimation Using Fossils as Terminal Taxa and the Origins of Lissamphibia

(2011) R. Alexander Pyron   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Bayesian Estimation of Substitution Rates from Ancient DNA Sequences with Low Information Content

(2011) Simon Y. W. Ho et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Testing Spatiotemporal Hypothesis of Bacterial Evolution Using Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239 Genome-wide Data within a Bayesian Framework

(2010) R. R. Gray et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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(2009) PAUL M. BARRETT   PALAEONTOLOGY