| Remarkable new birdlike dinosaur (Theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana DA Burnham, KL Derstler, PJ Currie, RT Bakker, Z Zhou, JH Ostrom The Paleontological Institute, The University of Kansas, 2000 | 170 | 2000 |
| New information on Bambiraptor feinbergi (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the late Cretaceous of Montana DA Burnham Feathered dragons: studies on the transition from dinosaurs to birds, 67-111, 2004 | 116 | 2004 |
| Model tests of gliding with different hindwing configurations in the four-winged dromaeosaurid Microraptor gui DE Alexander, E Gong, LD Martin, DA Burnham, AR Falk Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (7), 2972-2976, 2010 | 98 | 2010 |
| Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China X Zheng, LD Martin, Z Zhou, DA Burnham, F Zhang, D Miao Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (38), 15904-15907, 2011 | 96 | 2011 |
| Systematics and evolution of Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria, theropoda) P Senter, R Barsbold, BB Britt, DA Burnham Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 8, 1-20, 2004 | 95 | 2004 |
| Complete Ichthyornis skull illuminates mosaic assembly of the avian head DJ Field, M Hanson, D Burnham, LE Wilson, K Super, D Ehret, ... Nature 557 (7703), 96-100, 2018 | 88 | 2018 |
| A seismically induced onshore surge deposit at the KPg boundary, North Dakota RA DePalma, J Smit, DA Burnham, K Kuiper, PL Manning, A Oleinik, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (17), 8190-8199, 2019 | 86 | 2019 |
| Physical evidence of predatory behavior in Tyrannosaurus rex RA DePalma, DA Burnham, LD Martin, BM Rothschild, PL Larson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (31), 12560-12564, 2013 | 82 | 2013 |
| Laser-stimulated fluorescence in paleontology TG Kaye, AR Falk, M Pittman, PC Sereno, LD Martin, DA Burnham, ... PloS one 10 (5), e0125923, 2015 | 68 | 2015 |
| The first giant raptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the hell creek formation RA DePalma, DA Burnham, LD Martin, PL Larson, RT Bakker Paleontological Contributions 2015 (14), 1-16, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
| Feathered dragons: studies on the transition from dinosaurs to birds PJ Currie Indiana University Press, 2004 | 48 | 2004 |
| The birdlike raptor Sinornithosaurus was venomous E Gong, LD Martin, DA Burnham, AR Falk Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (2), 766-768, 2010 | 47 | 2010 |
| A new species of Microraptor from the Jehol Biota of northeastern China EP Gong, LD Martin, DA Burnham, AR Falk, LH Hou Palaeoworld 21 (2), 81-91, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
| Laser Fluorescence Illuminates the Soft Tissue and Life Habits of the Early Cretaceous Bird Confuciusornis AR Falk, TG Kaye, Z Zhou, DA Burnham PLoS One 11 (12), e0167284, 2016 | 43 | 2016 |
| Tree climbing–a fundamental avian adaptation DA Burnham, A Feduccia, LD Martin, AR Falk Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9 (1), 103-107, 2011 | 31 | 2011 |
| Archaeopteryx–a re-evaluation suggesting an arboreal habitat and an intermediate stage in trees down origin of flight DA Burnham Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen, 33-44, 2007 | 19 | 2007 |
| Forty new specimens of Ichthyornis provide unprecedented insight into the postcranial morphology of crownward stem group birds J Benito, A Chen, LE Wilson, BAS Bhullar, D Burnham, DJ Field PeerJ 10, e13919, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
| Posture and stance of Triceratops: Evidence of digitigrade manus and cantilever vertebral column WR Garstka, DA Burnham JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 15, 31A-31A, 1995 | 12 | 1995 |
| A new mosasaur from the upper Demopolis Formation of Sumter County, Alabama DA Burnham Unpublished M. Sc. dissertation, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, 1991 | 12 | 1991 |
| The real Bigfoot: a pes from Wyoming, USA is the largest sauropod pes ever reported and the northern-most occurrence of brachiosaurids in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation A Maltese, E Tschopp, F Holwerda, D Burnham PeerJ 6, e5250, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
