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Paul Upchurch 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 Paul Upchurch sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Paul Upchurch 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 Paul Upchurch sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Paul Upchurch is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their scientific work is primarily situated within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable emphasis on Paleontology. The subfields reflecting their research interests include Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Upchurch's research topics focus on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Cephalopods and Marine Biology, and Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Their scholarly output has been published in various scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Palaeontology
  • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Current Biology

Upchurch has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Philip D. Mannion
  • Paul M. Barrett
  • Xing Xu
  • Stephen F. Poropat
  • Travis R. Tischler

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on dinosaur paleontology, particularly sauropodomorphs and titanosaurs. Key publications include:

  • Second specimen of the Late Cretaceous Australian sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildae provides new anatomical information on the skull and neck of early titanosaurs, 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Ten more years of discovery: revisiting the quality of the sauropodomorph dinosaur fossil record, 2020, Palaeontology
  • Osteology of Klamelisaurus gobiensis (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) and the evolutionary history of Middle-Late Jurassic Chinese sauropods, 2020, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum Russell and Zheng, 1993, and the evolution of exceptionally long necks in mamenchisaurids, 2023, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • Osteology of the Wide-Hipped Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur Savannasaurus Elliottorum from the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, 2020, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Best Publications

  • The phylogenetic relationships of sauropod dinosaurs

    Paul Upchurch

  • Rates of dinosaur body mass evolution indicate 170 million years of sustained ecological innovation on the avian stem lineage.

    Roger B. J. Benson;Nicolás E. Campione;Matthew T. Carrano;Philip D. Mannion

  • The Evolutionary History of Sauropod Dinosaurs

    Paul Upchurch

  • The latitudinal biodiversity gradient through deep time

    Philip D. Mannion;Paul Upchurch;Roger B.J. Benson;Anjali Goswami

  • The phylogeny of the ornithischian dinosaurs

    Richard J. Butler;Paul Upchurch;David B. Norman

  • Cranial design and function in a large theropod dinosaur

    Emily J. Rayfield;David B. Norman;David B. Norman;Celeste C. Horner;John R. Horner

  • A revision of Titanosaurus Lydekker (dinosauria ‐ sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a ‘Gondwanan’ distribution

    Jeffrey A. Wilson;Paul Upchurch

  • Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms

    Philip D. Mannion;Philip D. Mannion;Paul Upchurch;Rosie N. Barnes;Octávio Mateus

  • An analysis of dinosaurian biogeography: evidence for the existence of vicariance and dispersal patterns caused by geological events

    Paul Upchurch;Craig A Hunn;David B Norman

  • Redescription and reassessment of the phylogenetic affinities of Euhelopus zdanskyi (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China

    Jeffrey A. Wilson;Paul Upchurch

  • Gondwanan break-up: legacies of a lost world?

    Paul Upchurch

  • The extinction of the dinosaurs

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Richard J. Butler;Paul M. Barrett;Matthew T. Carrano

  • Testing the effect of the rock record on diversity: a multidisciplinary approach to elucidating the generic richness of sauropodomorph dinosaurs through time.

    Philip D. Mannion;Paul Upchurch;Matthew T. Carrano;Paul M. Barrett

  • The evolution of sauropod feeding mechanisms

    Paul Upchurch;Paul M. Barrett

  • Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)

    Susannah C. R. Maidment;David B. Norman;Paul M. Barrett;Paul Upchurch

  • THE ANATOMY AND TAXONOMY OFCETIOSAURUS(SAURISCHIA, SAUROPODA) FROM THE MIDDLE JURASSIC OF ENGLAND

    Paul Upchurch;John Martin

  • New Australian sauropods shed light on Cretaceous dinosaur palaeobiogeography

    Stephen F. Poropat;Philip D. Mannion;Paul Upchurch;Scott A. Hocknull

  • Geological and anthropogenic controls on the sampling of the terrestrial fossil record: a case study from the Dinosauria

    P. Upchurch;P. D. Mannion;R. B. J. Benson;R. J. Butler

  • Taxonomic affinities of the putative titanosaurs from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for eusauropod dinosaur evolution

    Philip D Mannion;Paul Upchurch;Daniela Schwarz;Oliver Wings

  • A Middle Jurassic dinosaur trackway site from Oxfordshire, UK

    Julia J. Day;David B. Norman;Andrew S. Gale;Paul Upchurch

  • Estimating the effects of sampling biases on pterosaur diversity patterns: implications for hypotheses of bird/pterosaur competitive replacement

    Richard J. Butler;Paul M. Barrett;Stephen Nowbath;Paul Upchurch

  • Biotic and environmental dynamics through the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous transition: evidence for protracted faunal and ecological turnover

    Jonathan P. Tennant;Philip D. Mannion;Paul Upchurch;Mark D. Sutton

  • Sea level, dinosaur diversity and sampling biases: investigating the 'common cause' hypothesis in the terrestrial realm.

    Richard J. Butler;Roger B. J. Benson;Matthew T. Carrano;Philip D. Mannion

  • The completeness of the fossil record of mesozoic birds: implications for early avian evolution.

    Neil Brocklehurst;Paul Upchurch;Philip D. Mannion;Philip D. Mannion;Jingmai O'Connor

  • A radiation of arboreal basal eutherian mammals beginning in the Late Cretaceous of India

    Anjali Goswami;Guntupalli V. R. Prasad;Paul Upchurch;Doug M. Boyer

  • Sauropod trackways, evolution, and behavior.

    Julia J. Day;Paul Upchurch;David B. Norman;Andrew S. Gale

  • Completeness metrics and the quality of the sauropodomorph fossil record through geological and historical time

    Philip D. Mannion;Paul Upchurch

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip D. Mannion
Philip D. Mannion University College London
Paul M. Barrett
Paul M. Barrett Natural History Museum
Richard J. Butler
Richard J. Butler University of Birmingham
Roger B. J. Benson
Roger B. J. Benson University of Oxford
Anjali Goswami
Anjali Goswami Natural History Museum
Jingmai K. O’Connor
Jingmai K. O’Connor Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xing Xu
Xing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mark A. Norell
Mark A. Norell American Museum of Natural History
Ping Wu
Ping Wu The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Shuo Wang
Shuo Wang Nankai University

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