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8898
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David M. Martill publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David M. Martill sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 268 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

David M. Martill D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David M. Martill sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

David M. Martill is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Paleontology. The work integrates aspects of Environmental Science, emphasizing Nature and Landscape Conservation along with related ecological disciplines.

The primary subfields of study include Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology broadly, and Global and Planetary Change. Core topics addressed in their research are Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Among the notable recent papers where David M. Martill is an author or co-author are:

  • Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco, 2020, published in ZooKeys
  • Tail-propelled aquatic locomotion in a theropod dinosaur, 2020, published in Nature
  • A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco, 2020, published in Cretaceous Research
  • Sigilmassasaurus is Spinosaurus: A reappraisal of African spinosaurines, 2020, published in Cretaceous Research
  • A new hadrosauriform dinosaur from the Wessex Formation, Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous), of the Isle of Wight, southern England, 2021, published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with David M. Martill include:

  • Roy E. Smith
  • Nizar Ibrahim
  • David M. Unwin
  • Samir Zouhri
  • Megan L. Jacobs

The venues where David M. Martill has commonly published are:

  • Cretaceous Research
  • Proceedings of the Geologists Association
  • Paläontologische Zeitschrift
  • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • Palaeoentomology

Best Publications

  • The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World

    David M. Martill;Günter Bechly;Robert F. Loveridge

  • Fossils of the Santana and Crato Formations, Brazil

    E. A. Jarzembowski;D. M. Martill;P. M. Brito;S. Wenz

  • Phosphatization of soft-tissue in experiments and fossils

    D. E. G. Briggs;A. J. Kear;D. M. Martill;P. R. Wilby

  • Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur

    Nizar Ibrahim;Paul C. Sereno;Cristiano Dal Sasso;Simone Maganuco

  • Irritator challengeri, a spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Eberhard Frey;David M. Martill;Diane M. Scott

  • The age of the Cretaceous Santana Formation fossil Konservat Lagerstätte of north-east Brazil: a historical review and an appraisal of the biochronostratigraphic utility of its palaeobiota

    David M. Martill

  • New specimens of Pterosauria (Reptilia) with soft parts with implications for pterosaurian anatomy and locomotion

    Eberhard Frey;Helmut Tischlinger;Marie-Céline Buchy;David M. Martill

  • Macromolecular resolution of fossilized muscle tissue from an elopomorph fish

    David M. Martill

  • A preliminary account of a new tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England

    Stephen Hutt;Darren Naish;David M. Martill;Michael J. Barker

  • Dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from fluvial deposits in the Lower Cretaceous of southern Tunisia

    Michael J. Benton;Samir Bouaziz;Eric Buffetaut;David Martill

  • Morphologic and spectral investigation of exceptionally well-preserved bacterial biofilms from the Oligocene Enspel formation, Germany

    J.K.W Toporski;J.K.W Toporski;A Steele;A Steele;F Westall;R Avci

  • Deciphering the depositional environment of the laminated Crato fossil beds (Early Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, North-eastern Brazil)

    Ulrich Heimhofer;Daniel Ariztegui;Marc Lenniger;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Pterosaurs as part of a spinosaur diet

    Eric Buffetaut;David Martill;François Escuillié

  • Geology and Paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Eastern Morocco

    Nizar Ibrahim;Paul C. Sereno;David J. Varricchio;David M. Martill

  • The trophic structure of the biota of the Peterborough Member, Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic), UK

    D. M. Martill;M. A. Taylor;K. L. Duff;J.B. Riding

  • A new crested maniraptoran dinosaur from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

    D. M. Martill;A. R. I. Cruickshank;E. Frey;P. G. Small

  • A new crested ornithocheirid from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil and the unusual death of an unusual pterosaur

    Eberhard Frey;David M. Martill;Marie-Céline Buchy

  • The firstEuropean allosaurid dinosaur (Lower Cretaceous, Wealden Group,England)

    Steve Hutt;David M. Martill;Michael J. Barker

  • A reappraisal ofArambourgiania (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea): One of theworld's largest flying animals

    Eberhard Frey;David M. Martill

  • Ecology, Systematics and Biogeographical Relationships of Dinosaurs, Including a New Theropod, from the Santana Formation (?Albian, Early Cretaceous) of Brazil

    Darren Naish;David M. Martill;Eberhard Frey

  • IRRITATOR CHALLENGERI, A SPINOSAURID (DINOSAURIA: THEROPODA) FROM THE

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Eberhard Frey;David M. Martill;Diane M. Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Heimhofer
Ulrich Heimhofer University of Hannover
Eric Buffetaut
Eric Buffetaut École Normale Supérieure
Daniel Ariztegui
Daniel Ariztegui University of Geneva
Lorenz Schwark
Lorenz Schwark Curtin University
J. D. Hudson
J. D. Hudson University of Leicester
Hans-Dieter Sues
Hans-Dieter Sues National Museum of Natural History
Andrew S. Gale
Andrew S. Gale University of Portsmouth
Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele Carnegie Institution for Science
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Clive N. Trueman
Clive N. Trueman University of Southampton

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