Michael J. Benton

The timing and pattern of biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction

Zhong‐Qiang Chen, Michael J. Benton · Nature Geoscience · 2012 · 782 citations

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Evolutionary Biology, Biostratigraphy +5

Best Practices for Justifying Fossil Calibrations

James F. Parham, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Christopher J. Bell et al. · Systematic Biology · 2011 · 747 citations · Full text

Evolution in four dimensions: Genetic, epigenetic, behavioral, and symbolic variation in the history of life

Michael J. Benton · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2005 · 616 citations · Full text

Experimental Evolution, Genetics, Natural Selection +20

How to kill (almost) all life: the end-Permian extinction event

Michael J. Benton, Richard J. Twitchett · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2003 · 498 citations

End-permian Extinction Event, Anthropology, Anthropocene +1

Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs

Stephen L. Brusatte, Michael J. Benton, Marcello Ruta et al. · Science · 2008 · 443 citations · Full text