| The origin and early evolution of birds K Padian, LM Chiappe Biological reviews 73 (1), 1-42, 1998 | 453 | 1998 |
| Long bone histology of the hadrosaurid dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum: growth dynamics and physiology based on an ontogenetic series of skeletal elements JR Horner, A De Ricqlès, K Padian Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 (1), 115-129, 2000 | 404 | 2000 |
| Dinosaurian growth rates and bird origins K Padian, AJ de Ricqlès, JR Horner Nature 412 (6845), 405-408, 2001 | 312 | 2001 |
| A Late Triassic dinosauromorph assemblage from New Mexico and the rise of dinosaurs RB Irmis, SJ Nesbitt, K Padian, ND Smith, AH Turner, D Woody, A Downs Science 317 (5836), 358-361, 2007 | 283 | 2007 |
| Phylogenetic, functional, and aerodynamic analyses of the origin of birds and their flight J Gauthier, K Padian, MK Hecht, JH Ostrom, G Viohl, P Wellnhofer The beginning of birds, 185-197, 1985 | 263 | 1985 |
| Growth in small dinosaurs and pterosaurs: the evolution of archosaurian growth strategies K Padian, JR Horner, A De Ricqlès Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (3), 555-571, 2004 | 247 | 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of dinosaurs PJ Currie, K Padian Elsevier, 1997 | 245 | 1997 |
| Variation in dinosaur skeletochronology indicators: implications for age assessment and physiology JR Horner, A de Ricqlès, K Padian Paleobiology 25 (3), 295-304, 1999 | 243 | 1999 |
| A functional analysis of flying and walking in pterosaurs K Padian Paleobiology 9 (3), 218-239, 1983 | 232 | 1983 |
| Bone histology of fossil tetrapods: advancing methods, analysis, and interpretation K Padian, ET Lamm Univ of California Press, 2013 | 225 | 2013 |
| Comparative osteohistology of some embryonic and perinatal archosaurs: developmental and behavioral implications for dinosaurs JR Horner, K Padian, A de Ricqlès Paleobiology 27 (1), 39-58, 2001 | 198 | 2001 |
| Preparation and sectioning of specimens ET Lamm, K Padian Bone histology of fossil tetrapods: advancing methods, analysis, and …, 2013 | 192 | 2013 |
| Age and growth dynamics of Tyrannosaurus rex JR Horner, K Padian Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 184 | 2004 |
| On the bone histology of some Triassic pseudosuchian archosaurs and related taxa AJ de Ricqlès, K Padian, JR Horner Annales de Paléontologie 89 (2), 67-101, 2003 | 171 | 2003 |
| On the origin of high growth rates in archosaurs and their ancient relatives: complementary histological studies on Triassic archosauriforms and the problem of a “phylogenetic … A de Ricqlès, K Padian, F Knoll, JR Horner Annales de Paléontologie 94 (2), 57-76, 2008 | 168 | 2008 |
| On the type material of Coelophysics Cope (Saurischia: Theropoda) and a new specimen from the Petrified Forest of Arizona (Late Triassic: Chinle Formation) K Padian The beginning of the age of Dinosaurs, faunal change across the Triassic …, 1986 | 168* | 1986 |
| Palaeohistology of the bones of pterosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauria): anatomy, ontogeny, and biomechanical implications AJ de RICQLÈS, K PADIAN, JR HORNER, H FRANCILLON-VIEILLOT Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129 (3), 349-385, 2000 | 166 | 2000 |
| Cretaceous extinctions: multiple causes JD Archibald, WA Clemens, K Padian, T Rowe, N Macleod, PM Barrett, ... Science 328 (5981), 973-973, 2010 | 163 | 2010 |
| The fossil trackway Pteraichnus: not pterosaurian, but crocodilian K Padian, PE Olsen Journal of Paleontology, 178-184, 1984 | 151 | 1984 |
| The origin of birds and their flight K Padian, LM Chiappe Scientific American 278 (2), 38-47, 1998 | 148 | 1998 |
