Erik A. Sperling

The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals

Douglas H. Erwin, Marc Laflamme, Sarah M. Tweedt et al. · Science · 2011 · 1.3K citations

Biology, Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Biodiversity +14

Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation

Erik A. Sperling, Charles J. Wolock, Alex S. Morgan et al. · Nature · 2015 · 609 citations · Full text

Engineering, Geochemical Data, Geology +7

The deep evolution of metazoan microRNAs

Benjamin M. Wheeler, Alysha M. Heimberg, Vanessa N. Moy et al. · Evolution & Development · 2009 · 533 citations

Genetics, Genomics, Phylogenetics +16

Oxygen, ecology, and the Cambrian radiation of animals

Erik A. Sperling, Christina A. Frieder, Akkur V. Raman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 365 citations · Full text

Biology, Low Oxygen, Cambrian Animal Radiation +10

Temperature-dependent hypoxia explains biogeography and severity of end-Permian marine mass extinction

Justin L. Penn, Curtis Deutsch, Jonathan L. Payne et al. · Science · 2018 · 352 citations