Beverly Z. Saylor

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Beverly Z. Saylor is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Beverly Z. Saylor has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Paleontology, 14 papers in Anthropology and 9 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Beverly Z. Saylor's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (18 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (11 papers). Beverly Z. Saylor is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (18 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (11 papers). Beverly Z. Saylor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ethiopia and Spain. Beverly Z. Saylor's co-authors include J. P. Grotzinger, Alan J. Kaufman, Samuel A. Bowring, Yohannes Haile‐Selassie, Alan L. Deino, Mulugeta Alene, Gerard J.B. Germs, Gerald Matisoff, Naomi E. Levin and Guy M. Narbonne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Beverly Z. Saylor

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Biostratigraphic and Geochronologic Constraints on Early Animal Evolution

1995 559 citations J. P. Grotzinger, Beverly Z. Saylor et al. profile →

Peers

Beverly Z. Saylor

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Lluı́s Cabrera Spain

Harald Stollhofen Germany

Philippe Duringer France

James L. Aronson United States

Oriol Oms Spain

Raymond R. Rogers United States

Ian G. Stanistreet United Kingdom

Amos Frumkin Israel

Pere Anadón Spain

Luis A. González United States

Lluı́s Cabrera Spain

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921 ×1.7

GEOPH

493 ×0.9

ANTHR

200 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Beverly Z. Saylor

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beverly Z. Saylor

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Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes, Gary T. Schwartz, Thomas C. Prang, et al.. (2025). New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda. Nature. 648(8094). 640–648.

Strömberg, Caroline A. E., Beverly Z. Saylor, Russell K. Engelman, et al.. (2024). The flora, fauna, and paleoenvironment of the late Middle Miocene Quebrada Honda Basin, Bolivia (Eastern Cordillera, Central Andes). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 656. 112518–112518. 2 indexed citations

Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes, Beverly Z. Saylor, Mulugeta Alene, et al.. (2022). Comparative description and taxonomic affinity of 3.7-million-year-old hominin mandibles from Woranso-Mille (Ethiopia). Journal of Human Evolution. 173. 103265–103265. 3 indexed citations

Melillo, Stephanie M., Luís Gibert, Beverly Z. Saylor, et al.. (2021). New Pliocene hominin remains from the Leado Dido’a area of Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 153. 102956–102956. 12 indexed citations

Saylor, Beverly Z., Luís Gibert, Alan L. Deino, et al.. (2019). Age and context of mid-Pliocene hominin cranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia. Nature. 573(7773). 220–224. 18 indexed citations

Saylor, Beverly Z., et al.. (2016). Tephrostratigraphy of the Waki-Mille area of the Woranso-Mille paleoanthropological research project, Afar, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 93. 25–45. 16 indexed citations

Saylor, Beverly Z., et al.. (2016). USING ICHNOFOSSILS AND PALEOSOLS TO RECONSTRUCT THE MIDDLE MIOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENT OF QUEBRADA HONDA, BOLIVIA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes, Stephanie M. Melillo, Timothy M. Ryan, et al.. (2016). Dentognathic remains of Australopithecus afarensis from Nefuraytu (Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia): Comparative description, geology, and paleoecological context. Journal of Human Evolution. 100. 35–53. 16 indexed citations

Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes, Luís Gibert, Stephanie M. Melillo, et al.. (2015). New species from Ethiopia further expands Middle Pliocene hominin diversity. Nature. 521(7553). 483–488. 86 indexed citations

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Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes, Beverly Z. Saylor, Alan L. Deino, et al.. (2012). A new hominin foot from Ethiopia shows multiple Pliocene bipedal adaptations. Nature. 483(7391). 565–569. 127 indexed citations

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Deino, Alan L., et al.. (2009). 40Ar/39Ar dating, paleomagnetism, and tephrochemistry of Pliocene strata of the hominid-bearing Woranso-Mille area, west-central Afar Rift, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 58(2). 111–126. 56 indexed citations

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Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes, Beverly Z. Saylor, Alan L. Deino, Mulugeta Alene, & Bruce M. Latimer. (2009). New hominid fossils from Woranso‐Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and taxonomy of early Australopithecus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 141(3). 406–417. 54 indexed citations

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Saylor, Beverly Z., Jaikrishnan R. Kadambi, Ali Mazaheri, et al.. (2005). Flow Characterization Through a Network Cell Using Particle Image Velocimetry. Transport in Porous Media. 60(2). 159–181. 27 indexed citations

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Saylor, Beverly Z., et al.. (2004). Injection and trapping of carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers. Geological Society London Special Publications. 236(1). 285–296. 2 indexed citations

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Jensen, Sören, Beverly Z. Saylor, James G. Gehlîng, & Gerard J.B. Germs. (2000). Complex trace fossils from the terminal Proterozoic of Namibia. Geology. 28(2). 143–146. 8 indexed citations

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Choi, Yong Seok, J. A. Simó, & Beverly Z. Saylor. (1999). Sedimentologic and Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation of a Mixed Carbon-Ate-Siliciclastic Ramp, Midcontinent Epeiric Sea, Middle to Upper Ordovician Decorah and Galena Formations, Wisconsin. 42–43. 7 indexed citations

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Saylor, Beverly Z., et al.. (1998). A composite reference section for terminal Proterozoic strata of southern Namibia. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 68(6). 1223–1235. 213 indexed citations

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Narbonne, Guy M., Beverly Z. Saylor, & J. P. Grotzinger. (1997). The youngest Ediacaran fossils from Southern Africa. Journal of Paleontology. 71(6). 953–967. 147 indexed citations

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Saylor, Beverly Z. & J. P. Grotzinger. (1996). Reconstruction of important Proterozoic-Cambrian boundary exposures through the recognition of thrust deformation in the Nama Group of southern Namibia. 11. 1–12. 27 indexed citations

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Saylor, Beverly Z., Joachim Grötzinger, & Gerard J.B. Germs. (1995). Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Neoproterozoic Kuibis and Schwarzrand Subgroups (Nama Group), southwestern Namibia. Precambrian Research. 73(1-4). 153–171. 123 indexed citations

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