David M. Unwin

5.4k total citations
100 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

David M. Unwin is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David M. Unwin has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Paleontology, 41 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David M. Unwin's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (70 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (55 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (39 papers). David M. Unwin is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (70 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (55 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (39 papers). David M. Unwin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. David M. Unwin's co-authors include Sarah A. Corbet, Junchang Lü, David M. Martill, Pat Willmer, Oliver E. Prŷs-Jones, Xingsheng Jin, Qiang Ji, Yongqing Liu, Nizar Ibrahim and D. Charles Deeming and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David M. Unwin

97 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Peers

David M. Unwin
H. David Sheets United States
Michel Laurin France
Miriam Leah Zelditch United States
Ashok Sahni India
David W. Krause United States
Kirk R. Johnson United States
Alfredo A. Carlini Argentina
Michael I. Coates United States
Thierry Smith Belgium
Marcello Ruta United Kingdom
H. David Sheets United States
David M. Unwin
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All Works

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Thomas, Richard M., et al.. (2025). Fatal accidents in neonatal pterosaurs and selective sampling in the Solnhofen fossil assemblage. Current Biology. 35(19). 4606–4619.e4.
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Ibrahim, Nizar, et al.. (2023). The pterosaurs of the Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 97(3). 519–568. 10 indexed citations
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Unwin, David M., et al.. (2023). A new pterosaur specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China: The oldest fossil record of Nurhachius. Historical Biology. 36(8). 1625–1638. 1 indexed citations
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Martill, David M., et al.. (2023). Comparative taphonomy of Kem Kem Group (Cretaceous) pterosaurs of southeast Morocco. 1. 100006–100006. 5 indexed citations
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Huh, Min, et al.. (2022). Evidence for a mixed-age group in a pterosaur footprint assemblage from the early Upper Cretaceous of Korea. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 10707–10707. 6 indexed citations
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Chinsamy, Anusuya, et al.. (2021). Small, immature pterosaurs from the Cretaceous of Africa: implications for taphonomic bias and palaeocommunity structure in flying reptiles. Cretaceous Research. 130. 105061–105061. 10 indexed citations
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Ibrahim, Nizar, Simone Maganuco, Cristiano Dal Sasso, et al.. (2020). Tail-propelled aquatic locomotion in a theropod dinosaur. Nature. 581(7806). 67–70. 65 indexed citations
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Unwin, David M., et al.. (2020). Dietary diversity and evolution of the earliest flying vertebrates revealed by dental microwear texture analysis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5293–5293. 44 indexed citations
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Ibrahim, Nizar, Paul C. Sereno, David J. Varricchio, et al.. (2020). Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco. ZooKeys. 928. 1–216. 99 indexed citations
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Claessens, Leon P. A. M., Patrick M. O’Connor, & David M. Unwin. (2009). Respiratory Evolution Facilitated the Origin of Pterosaur Flight and Aerial Gigantism. PLoS ONE. 4(2). e4497–e4497. 122 indexed citations
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Lü, Junchang, David M. Unwin, Li Xu, & Xingliao Zhang. (2008). A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution. Die Naturwissenschaften. 95(9). 891–897. 78 indexed citations
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Huh, Min, et al.. (2001). New pterosaur tracks (Pteraichnidae) From the Late Cretaceous Uhangri Formation. 83–83. 16 indexed citations
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Unwin, David M.. (1989). The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 4(3). 91–91. 436 indexed citations
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Downes, C. Stephen, et al.. (1987). Automatic nitrous oxide synchronization of mitotic human cell cultures. Analytical Biochemistry. 165(1). 56–58. 6 indexed citations
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Martin, Paul & David M. Unwin. (1987). Recording Behaviour Using a Portable Microcomputer. Behaviour. 101(1-3). 87–99. 15 indexed citations
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Unwin, David M.. (1986). Tracking the dinosaurs. Geology Today. 2(6). 168–168. 6 indexed citations
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Unwin, David M. & John W Dawson. (1985). Computer Programming for Geographers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Willmer, Pat & David M. Unwin. (1981). Field analyses of insect heat budgets: Reflectance, size and heating rates. Oecologia. 50(2). 250–255. 175 indexed citations
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Unwin, David M.. (1980). Microclimate measurement for ecologists.. 71 indexed citations

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