Mark Webster

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Mark Webster is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geometry and Topology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Webster has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Paleontology, 12 papers in Geometry and Topology and 9 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Mark Webster's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (22 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (19 papers) and Morphological variations and asymmetry (12 papers). Mark Webster is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (22 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (19 papers) and Morphological variations and asymmetry (12 papers). Mark Webster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Mark Webster's co-authors include H. David Sheets, Miriam Leah Zelditch, Peter P. Marra, Nigel C. Hughes, Jason A. Dunlop, Melanie J. Hopkins, Alessandro Minelli, Giuseppe Fusco, Robert R. Gaines and Frederick A. Sundberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Mark Webster

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Webster United States	17	769	445	236	223	180	37	1.4k
Giuseppe Fusco Italy	20	589 0.8×	245 0.6×	299 1.3×	472 2.1×	96 0.5×	81	1.8k
Robert S. Sansom United Kingdom	22	1.0k 1.4×	136 0.3×	129 0.5×	92 0.4×	130 0.7×	49	1.3k
Jacques Michaux France	24	1.1k 1.4×	413 0.9×	693 2.9×	271 1.2×	240 1.3×	75	1.6k
Juan A. Pérez‐Claros Spain	19	960 1.2×	252 0.6×	563 2.4×	70 0.3×	188 1.0×	48	1.4k
Andossa Likius France	23	1.1k 1.5×	143 0.3×	452 1.9×	159 0.7×	308 1.7×	55	1.8k
Ursula B. Göhlich Austria	22	915 1.2×	79 0.2×	470 2.0×	148 0.7×	219 1.2×	65	1.4k
Mark A. Purnell United Kingdom	37	2.4k 3.1×	219 0.5×	407 1.7×	152 0.7×	298 1.7×	85	3.2k
Sophie Montuire France	24	863 1.1×	301 0.7×	577 2.4×	190 0.9×	337 1.9×	71	1.3k
Loïc Costeur Switzerland	21	917 1.2×	226 0.5×	462 2.0×	86 0.4×	118 0.7×	84	1.2k
А. С. Тесаков Russia	22	1.0k 1.3×	80 0.2×	666 2.8×	322 1.4×	466 2.6×	98	1.7k

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Webster, Mark & Jean‐Bernard Caron. (2024). Trilobites of the Cranbrook Lagerstätte (Eager Formation, Cambrian Stage 4), British Columbia. Journal of Paleontology. 98(4). 460–503.

Landing, Ed, Mark Webster, & Samuel S. Bowser. (2023). Terminal Ediacaran–Late Ordovician evolution of the NE Laurentia palaeocontinent: rift–drift–onset of Taconic Orogeny, sea-level change and ‘Hawke Bay’ onlap (not offlap). Geological Society London Special Publications. 542(1). 179–215. 7 indexed citations

Briggs, Derek E. G., et al.. (2023). Exceptional lower Cambrian fossils from a long‐lost locality in Vermont, USA. Geology Today. 39(4). 152–157.

Webster, Mark, et al.. (2023). Ontogenetic mechanisms of size change: implications for the Lilliput effect and beyond. Paleobiology. 50(1). 130–149. 3 indexed citations

Sundberg, Frederick A., Mark Webster, & Gerd Geyer. (2022). Biostratigraphical significance of a new trilobite fauna from the Harkless Formation (upper Stage 4, Series 2, Cambrian), Nevada, USA. Lethaia. 55(3). 1–12. 5 indexed citations

Sundberg, Frederick A. & Mark Webster. (2022). “Ptychoparioid” trilobites of the Harkless Formation and Mule Spring Limestone (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4), Clayton Ridge, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology. 96(4). 886–920. 8 indexed citations

Webster, Mark. (2018). Morphological homeostasis in the fossil record. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 88. 91–104. 9 indexed citations

Webster, Mark & Steven J. Hageman. (2018). Buenellus chilhoweensisn. sp. from the Murray Shale (lower Cambrian Chilhowee Group) of Tennessee, the oldest known trilobite from the Iapetan margin of Laurentia. Journal of Paleontology. 92(3). 442–458. 10 indexed citations

Landing, Ed & Mark Webster. (2016). Geological context, biostratigraphy and systematic revision of late early Cambrian olenelloid trilobites from the Parker and Monkton formations, northwestern Vermont, U.S.A.. 193. 4 indexed citations

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Clarkson, Chris S., David Weetman, John Essandoh, et al.. (2014). Adaptive introgression between Anopheles sibling species eliminates a major genomic island but not reproductive isolation. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4248–4248. 122 indexed citations

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Webster, Mark, et al.. (2014). Systematic revision of the trilobite genera Laudonia and Lochmanolenellus (Olenelloidea) from the lower Dyeran (Cambrian Series 2) of western Laurentia. Zootaxa. 3824(1). 1–1. 12 indexed citations

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Webster, Mark & Miriam Leah Zelditch. (2011). Modularity of a Cambrian ptychoparioid trilobite cranidium. Evolution & Development. 13(1). 96–109. 32 indexed citations

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Webster, Mark. (2009). Systematic Revision of the Cambrian Trilobite 'Bathynotus' Hall, 1860, with Documentation of New Occurrences in Western Laurentia and Implications for Intercontinental Biostratigraphic Correlation. 369. 24 indexed citations

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Webster, Mark, Robert R. Gaines, & Nigel C. Hughes. (2008). Microstratigraphy, trilobite biostratinomy, and depositional environment of the “Lower Cambrian” Ruin Wash Lagerstätte, Pioche Formation, Nevada. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 264(1-2). 100–122. 51 indexed citations

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Webster, Mark. (2007). Paranephrolenellus, a New Genus of Early Cambrian Olenelloid Trilobite. 101. 12 indexed citations

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Webster, Mark. (2007). Ontogeny and evolution of the Early Cambrian trilobite genus Nephrolenellus (Olenelloidea). Journal of Paleontology. 81(6). 1168–1193. 48 indexed citations

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Webster, Mark & Miriam Leah Zelditch. (2005). Evolutionary modifications of ontogeny: heterochrony and beyond. Paleobiology. 31(3). 354–372. 107 indexed citations

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Fusco, Giuseppe, Nigel C. Hughes, Mark Webster, & Alessandro Minelli. (2004). Exploring Developmental Modes in a Fossil Arthropod: Growth and Trunk Segmentation of the TrilobiteAulacopleura konincki. The American Naturalist. 163(2). 167–183. 63 indexed citations

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Fawcett, Robert & Mark Webster. (1993). Quality-control techniques, software reduce variance.. Feedstuffs.. 65(1). 14–15. 1 indexed citations

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Gill, Peter, et al.. (1991). Databases, quality control and interpretation of DNA profiling in the Home Office Forensic Science Service. Electrophoresis. 12(2-3). 204–209. 29 indexed citations

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