| Approaches to the identification of angiosperm leaf remains DL Dilcher The botanical review 40, 1-157, 1974 | 1433 | 1974 |
| Cenozoic continental climatic evolution of Central Europe V Mosbrugger, T Utescher, DL Dilcher Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (42), 14964-14969, 2005 | 703 | 2005 |
| In search of the first flower: a Jurassic angiosperm, Archaefructus, from northeast China G Sun, DL Dilcher, S Zheng, Z Zhou Science 282 (5394), 1692-1695, 1998 | 567 | 1998 |
| Archaefructaceae, a new basal angiosperm family G Sun, Q Ji, DL Dilcher, S Zheng, KC Nixon, X Wang Science 296 (5569), 899-904, 2002 | 522 | 2002 |
| The impact of Miocene atmospheric carbon dioxide fluctuations on climate and the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems WM Kürschner, Z Kvacek, DL Dilcher Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (2), 449-453, 2008 | 482 | 2008 |
| Paleoatmospheric signatures in Neogene fossil leaves J Van Der Burgh, H Visscher, DL Dilcher, WM Kürschner Science 260 (5115), 1788-1790, 1993 | 376 | 1993 |
| Correlations of climate and plant ecology to leaf size and shape: potential proxies for the fossil record DL Royer, P Wilf, DA Janesko, EA Kowalski, DL Dilcher American journal of botany 92 (7), 1141-1151, 2005 | 328 | 2005 |
| Ninety-seven million years of angiosperm-insect association: paleobiological insights into the meaning of coevolution. CC Labandeira, DL Dilcher, DR Davis, DL Wagner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91 (25), 12278-12282, 1994 | 321 | 1994 |
| Oak leaves as biosensors of late Neogene and early Pleistocene paleoatmospheric CO2 concentrations WM Kürschner, J van der Burgh, H Visscher, DL Dilcher Marine Micropaleontology 27 (1-4), 299-312, 1996 | 317 | 1996 |
| The terminal Paleozoic fungal event: evidence of terrestrial ecosystem destabilization and collapse. H Visscher, H Brinkhuis, DL Dilcher, WC Elsik, Y Eshet, CV Looy, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 93 (5), 2155-2158, 1996 | 291 | 1996 |
| Life in the end-Permian dead zone CV Looy, RJ Twitchett, DL Dilcher, JHA Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (14), 7879-7883, 2001 | 270 | 2001 |
| A probable pollination mode before angiosperms: Eurasian, long-proboscid scorpionflies D Ren, CC Labandeira, JA Santiago-Blay, A Rasnitsyn, CK Shih, ... Science 326 (5954), 840-847, 2009 | 269 | 2009 |
| Archaenthus: an early angiosperm from the cenomanian of the western interior of North America DL Dilcher, PR Crane Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 351-383, 1984 | 267 | 1984 |
| An ammonite trapped in Burmese amber T Yu, U Thomson, L Mu, A Ross, J Kennedy, P Broly, F Xia, H Zhang, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (23), 11345-11350, 2019 | 266 | 2019 |
| The delayed resurgence of equatorial forests after the Permian–Triassic ecologic crisis CV Looy, WA Brugman, DL Dilcher, H Visscher Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences 96 (24), 13857-13862, 1999 | 258 | 1999 |
| Epiphyllous fungi from Eocene deposits in western Tennessee, USA DL Dilcher Palaeontographica Abteilung B, 1-54, 1965 | 251 | 1965 |
| Global CO2 rise leads to reduced maximum stomatal conductance in Florida vegetation EI Lammertsma, HJ Boer, SC Dekker, DL Dilcher, AF Lotter, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (10), 4035-4040, 2011 | 248 | 2011 |
| Early angiosperm reproduction: an introductory report DL Dilcher Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 27 (3-4), 291-328, 1979 | 232 | 1979 |
| Early steps of angiosperm–pollinator coevolution S Hu, DL Dilcher, DM Jarzen, D Winship Taylor Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (1), 240-245, 2008 | 222 | 2008 |
| A preliminary survey of fossil leaves and well-preserved reproductive structures from the Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) near Almont, North Dakota PR Crane Fieldiana Geol New Ser 20, 1-63, 1990 | 209 | 1990 |
