Darla K. Zelenitsky

2.2k total citations
64 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Darla K. Zelenitsky is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Darla K. Zelenitsky has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Paleontology, 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Darla K. Zelenitsky's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (58 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (47 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (28 papers). Darla K. Zelenitsky is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (58 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (47 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (28 papers). Darla K. Zelenitsky collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Darla K. Zelenitsky's co-authors include François Therrien, L. V. Hills, Philip J. Currie, Kohei Tanaka, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Sean P. Modesto, Lawrence M. Witmer, Ryan C. Ridgely, David B. Weishampel and Gregory M. Erickson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Darla K. Zelenitsky

64 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Darla K. Zelenitsky Canada 25 1.5k 770 293 215 135 64 1.6k
Yoshitsugu Kobayashi Japan 27 1.7k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 325 1.1× 89 0.4× 97 0.7× 90 1.9k
Stephen J. Godfrey United States 18 695 0.5× 569 0.7× 162 0.6× 240 1.1× 97 0.7× 59 936
François Therrien Canada 25 1.6k 1.1× 756 1.0× 314 1.1× 242 1.1× 176 1.3× 57 1.8k
Jørn H. Hurum Norway 20 1.1k 0.8× 479 0.6× 203 0.7× 98 0.5× 173 1.3× 61 1.3k
Stig A. Walsh United Kingdom 20 1.0k 0.7× 621 0.8× 201 0.7× 159 0.7× 154 1.1× 47 1.2k
Timothy Rowe United States 9 973 0.7× 433 0.6× 233 0.8× 113 0.5× 165 1.2× 10 1.1k
Angela C. Milner United Kingdom 20 1.6k 1.1× 955 1.2× 310 1.1× 108 0.5× 114 0.8× 40 1.7k
Ryosuke Motani United States 33 2.8k 2.0× 1.9k 2.4× 472 1.6× 336 1.6× 227 1.7× 100 3.3k
Lars Schmitz United States 22 925 0.6× 659 0.9× 245 0.8× 237 1.1× 221 1.6× 45 1.4k
Edward B. Daeschler United States 19 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 213 0.7× 110 0.5× 107 0.8× 54 1.9k

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All Works

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Zelenitsky, Darla K., Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Sean P. Modesto, et al.. (2025). A new Mongolian tyrannosauroid and the evolution of Eutyrannosauria. Nature. 642(8069). 973–979. 2 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu, Darla K. Zelenitsky, Anthony R. Fiorillo, & Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig. (2025). Didactyl therizinosaur with a preserved keratinous claw from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. iScience. 28(4). 112141–112141. 1 indexed citations
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Therrien, François, Darla K. Zelenitsky, Kohei Tanaka, et al.. (2023). Exceptionally preserved stomach contents of a young tyrannosaurid reveal an ontogenetic dietary shift in an iconic extinct predator. Science Advances. 9(49). eadi0505–eadi0505. 8 indexed citations
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Davies, Amelia, Philip Staudigel, Martin Dietzel, et al.. (2023). Evidence for heterothermic endothermy and reptile-like eggshell mineralization inTroodon, a non-avian maniraptoran theropod. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(15). e2213987120–e2213987120. 17 indexed citations
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Field, Daniel J., et al.. (2020). Eggshell geochemistry reveals ancestral metabolic thermoregulation in Dinosauria. Science Advances. 6(7). eaax9361–eaax9361. 31 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Kohei, et al.. (2020). Exceptionally small theropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Cretaceous Research. 114. 104519–104519. 11 indexed citations
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Zelenitsky, Darla K., et al.. (2019). Reassessment of a juvenile Daspletosaurus from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada with implications for the identification of immature tyrannosaurids. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 17801–17801. 19 indexed citations
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Therrien, François, et al.. (2016). Accuracy of mandibular force profiles for bite force estimation and feeding behavior reconstruction in extant and extinct carnivorans. Journal of Experimental Biology. 17 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Kohei & Darla K. Zelenitsky. (2014). Comparisons between experimental and morphometric water vapor conductance in the eggs of extant birds and crocodiles: implications for predicting nest type in dinosaurs. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 92(12). 1049–1058. 5 indexed citations
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Varricchio, David J., Frankie D. Jackson, Robert A. Jackson, & Darla K. Zelenitsky. (2013). Porosity and water vapor conductance of two Troodon formosus eggs: an assessment of incubation strategy in a maniraptoran dinosaur. Paleobiology. 39(2). 278–296. 43 indexed citations
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Therrien, François, et al.. (2013). Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the Upper Cretaceous (late Campanian?early Maastrichtian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 371. 26–44. 17 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Kohei, et al.. (2012). Statistical Approach for Classification of Dinosaur Eggs from the Heyuan Basin at the Northeast of Guangdong Province. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 86(2). 294–303. 4 indexed citations
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Zelenitsky, Darla K., et al.. (2012). Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs from North America Provide Insight into Wing Origins. Science. 338(6106). 510–514. 67 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Kohei, Darla K. Zelenitsky, Thomas E. Williamson, Anne Weil, & François Therrien. (2010). Fossil eggshells from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation, New Mexico. Historical Biology. 23(1). 41–55. 23 indexed citations
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Zelenitsky, Darla K.. (2006). REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF NON-AVIAN THEROPODS. reroDoc Digital Library. 22(1). 209–216. 15 indexed citations
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Zelenitsky, Darla K. & Sean P. Modesto. (2002). Re-evaluation of the eggshell structure of eggs containing dinosaur embryos from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 98. 407–408. 12 indexed citations
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Zelenitsky, Darla K. & L. V. Hills. (1996). An egg clutch of Prismatoolithus levis oosp. nov. from the Oldman Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Devil's Coulee, southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 33(8). 1127–1131. 57 indexed citations

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