| Sedimentary geology DR Prothero, F Schwab Macmillan, 2004 | 683 | 2004 |
| The Eocene-Oligocene transition: paradise lost DR Prothero Columbia University Press, 1994 | 393 | 1994 |
| Eocene-Oligocene climatic and biotic evolution DR Prothero, WA Berggren Princeton University Press, 2014 | 286 | 2014 |
| Eocene-Oligocene climatic and biotic evolution: an overview WA Berggren, DR Prothero Eocene-Oligocene climatic and biotic evolution, 1-28, 1992 | 275 | 1992 |
| Bringing fossils to life: An introduction to paleobiology DR Prothero Columbia University Press, 2013 | 242 | 2013 |
| Evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters DR Prothero Columbia University Press, 2017 | 219 | 2017 |
| The phylogeny of the ungulates DR Prothero, EM Manning, M Fischer | 211 | 1988 |
| The late eocene-oligocene extinctions DR Prothero Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 22 (1), 145-165, 1994 | 203 | 1994 |
| Single-Crystal 40Ar/39Ar Dating of the Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America CC Swisher III, DR Prothero Science 249 (4970), 760-762, 1990 | 197 | 1990 |
| Faunal stability during the early Oligocene climatic crash DR Prothero, TH Heaton Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 127 (1-4), 257-283, 1996 | 180 | 1996 |
| Climatic, floristic, and vegetational changes near the Eocene/Oligocene boundary in North America JA Wolfe, DR Prothero, WA Berggren Eocene-Oligocene climatic and biotic evolution, 421-436, 1992 | 177 | 1992 |
| Paleogene geochronology: an integrated approach MP Aubry, WA Berggren, DV Kent, JJ Flynn, KD Klitgord, JD Obradovich, ... Paleoceanography 3 (6), 707-742, 1988 | 176 | 1988 |
| New Jurassic mammals from Como Bluff, Wyoming, and the interrelationships of non-tribosphenic Theria. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 167, article 5 DR Prothero New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1981 | 168 | 1981 |
| The evolution of North American rhinoceroses DR Prothero Cambridge University Press, 2005 | 160 | 2005 |
| Magnetostratigraphy and geochronology of the terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene transition in North America DR Prothero, CC Swisher III Eocene-Oligocene climatic and biotic evolution, 46-73, 1992 | 159 | 1992 |
| Western North American reptile and amphibian record across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary and its climatic implications JH Hutchison, DR Prothero Eocene–Oligocene climatic and biotic evolution 1051071962, 1992 | 149 | 1992 |
| Horns, tusks, and flippers: the evolution of hoofed mammals DR Prothero, RM Schoch JHU Press, 2002 | 145 | 2002 |
| The evolution of artiodactyls DR Prothero, SE Foss JHU Press, 2007 | 143 | 2007 |
| Upper Cenozoic chronostratigraphy of the southwestern Amazon Basin KE Campbell Jr, M Heizler, CD Frailey, L Romero-Pittman, DR Prothero Geology 29 (7), 595-598, 2001 | 140 | 2001 |
| The evolution of perissodactyls DR Prothero, RM Schoch (No Title), 1989 | 139 | 1989 |
