| The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs MC Langer, MD Ezcurra, JS Bittencourt, FE Novas Biological Reviews 85 (1), 55-110, 2010 | 227 | 2010 |
| The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida) SL Brusatte, MJ Benton, JB Desojo, MC Langer Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 (1), 3-47, 2010 | 212 | 2010 |
| Early dinosaurs: a phylogenetic study MC Langer, MJ Benton Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 (4), 309-358, 2006 | 192 | 2006 |
| A sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic (Carman) of southern Brazil MC Langer, F Abdala, M Richter, MJ Benton Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences-Series IIA-Earth and Planetary …, 1999 | 164 | 1999 |
| Basal saurischia MC Langer The Dinosauria 2, 25-46, 2004 | 153 | 2004 |
| The continental tetrapod-bearing Triassic of south Brazil MC Langer, AM Ribeiro, CL Schultz, J Ferigolo New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 41, 201-218, 2007 | 140 | 2007 |
| The pelvic and hind limb anatomy of the stem-sauropodomorph Saturnalia tupiniquim (Late Triassic, Brazil) MC Langer Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 2003 | 138 | 2003 |
| A genus-level supertree of the Dinosauria D Pisani, AM Yates, MC Langer, MJ Benton Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2002 | 109 | 2002 |
| A Late Triassic dinosauriform from south Brazil and the origin of the ornithischian predentary bone J Ferigolo, MC Langer Historical Biology 19 (1), 23-33, 2007 | 105 | 2007 |
| Studies on continental Late Triassic tetrapod biochronology. II. The Ischigualastian and a Carnian global correlation MC Langer Journal of South American Earth Sciences 19 (2), 219-239, 2005 | 90 | 2005 |
| Models for the rise of the dinosaurs MJ Benton, J Forth, MC Langer Current Biology 24 (2), R87-R95, 2014 | 79 | 2014 |
| The pectoral girdle and forelimb anatomy of the stem-sauropodomorph Saturnalia tupiniquim (Upper Triassic, Brazil) MC Langer, MAG Franca, S Gabriel Special Papers in Palaeontology 77, 113, 2007 | 78 | 2007 |
| A unique Late Triassic dinosauromorph assemblage reveals dinosaur ancestral anatomy and diet SF Cabreira, AWA Kellner, S Dias-da-Silva, LR da Silva, M Bronzati, ... Current Biology 26 (22), 3090-3095, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
| New stem-sauropodomorph (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Triassic of Brazil SF Cabreira, CL Schultz, JS Bittencourt, MB Soares, DC Fortier, LR Silva, ... Naturwissenschaften 98 (12), 1035-1040, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
| Mesozoic dinosaurs from Brazil and their biogeographic implications JS Bittencourt, MC Langer Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83 (1), 23-60, 2011 | 67 | 2011 |
| The first record of dinocephalians in South America: Late Permian (Rio do Rasto Formation) of the Paraná Basin, Brazil MC Langer Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 215 (1), 69-95, 2000 | 66 | 2000 |
| Non-dinosaurian dinosauromorpha MC Langer, SJ Nesbitt, JS Bittencourt, RB Irmis Geological Society, London, Special Publications 379 (1), 157-186, 2013 | 61 | 2013 |
| A New Species Of The Late Triassic Rhynchosaur Hyperodapedon From The Santa Maria Formation Of South Brazil MC Langer, CL Schultz Palaeontology 43 (4), 633-652, 2000 | 58 | 2000 |
| A new baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogeny of Baurusuchidae FC Montefeltro, HCE Larsson, MC Langer PLoS One 6 (7), e21916, 2011 | 57 | 2011 |
| Studies on continental Late Triassic tetrapod biochronology. I. The type locality of Saturnalia tupiniquim and the faunal succession in south Brazil MC Langer Journal of South American Earth Sciences 19 (2), 205-218, 2005 | 57 | 2005 |