Michael J. Novacek

10.8k citations
116 papers · 7.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 43
Topics
Evolution and Paleontology Studies (82 papers)Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (47 papers)Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (31 papers)

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Novacek

113 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mammalian phytogeny: shaking the tree19922026200320141992100200300400500

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Michael J. Novacek
Comparison fields: 5 of 168
  • Paleontology 4.7k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2.3k
  • Ecology 1.6k
  • Molecular Biology 1.1k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 1.1k
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All Works

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The biodiversity crisis : losing what counts
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6 40
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Mesozoic differentiation, multituberculates, monotremes, early therians, and marsupials
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Extinction and phylogeny
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Mammalian phytogeny: shaking the treebreakdown →
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Estesia mongoliensis : a new fossil varanoid from the late Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. American Museum novitates ; no.3045
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Diacodon alticuspis, an erinaceomorph insectivore from the early Eocene of northern New Mexico
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The brain of Leptictis dakotensis, an Oligocene leptictid (Eutheria; Mammalia) from North America
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Crypholestes, a new name for the early Tertiary insectivore (Mammalia) Cryptolestes Novacek, 1976
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Aspects of intrageneric variation and evolution of Mesodma (Multituberculata, Mammalia)
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About Michael J. Novacek

Michael J. Novacek is a scholar working on Paleontology, Developmental Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 116 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (82 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (47 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (31 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (4.7k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.3k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.1k citations). Michael J. Novacek has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Mongolia and Chile. Frequent co-authors include Guillermo W. Rougier, John R. Wible, Mark A. Norell, Malcolm C. McKenna, Michael Archer, Robert J. Asher, Steven M. Stanley, André R. Wyss, Elsa E. Cleland and Quentin D. Wheeler. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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