Foote, M. 1988. Survivorship analysis of Cambrian and Ordovician trilobites. Paleobiology 14:258-271.
Foote, M. and R. H. Cowie. 1988. Developmental buffering as a mechanism for stasis: evidence from the pulmonate {\it Theba pisana}. Evolution 42:396-399.
Foote, M. 1990. Nearest-neighbor analysis of trilobite morphospace. Systematic Zoology 39:371-382.
Foote, M. 1992. Rarefaction analysis of morphological and taxonomic diversity. Paleobiology, 18:1-16.
Foote, M., and S. J. Gould. 1992. Cambrian and Recent morphological disparity. Science 258:1816.
Foote, M. 1992. Paleozoic record of morphological diversity in blastozoan echinoderms. Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 89: 7325-7329.
Foote, M. 1993. Discordance and concordance between morphological and taxonomic diversity. Paleobiology 19:185-204.
Foote, M. 1993. Contributions of individual taxa to overall morphological disparity. Paleobiology 19:403-419.
Foote, M. 1994. Morphological disparity in Ordovician-Devonian crinoids and the early saturation of morphological space. Paleobiology 20: 320-344.
Foote, M. 1994. Temporal variation in extinction risk and temporal scaling of extinction metrics. Paleobiology 20:424-444.
Foote, M. 1995. Morphological diversification of Paleozoic crinoids. Paleobiology 21:273-299.
Foote, M. 1996. Perspective: Evolutionary patterns in the fossil record. Evolution 50:1-11.
Foote, M., and D. M. Raup. 1996. Fossil preservation and the stratigraphic ranges of taxa. Paleobiology 22:121-140.
Foote, M. 1996. On the probability of ancestors in the fossil record. Paleobiology 22:141-151.
Miller, A.I. and M. Foote. 1996. Calibrating the Ordovician radiation of marine life: implications for Phanerozoic diversity trends. Paleobiology 22:304-309.
Foote, M. 1996. Ecological controls on the evolutionary recovery of post-Paleozoic crinoids. Science 274:1492-1495.
Foote, M. 1997. Sampling, taxonomic description, and our evolving knowledge of morphological diversity. Paleobiology 23:181-206.
Foote, M. 1997. Estimating taxonomic durations and preservation probability. Paleobiology 23:278-300.
Foote, M. 1997. The evolution of morphological diversity. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28:129-152.
Foote, M. 1998. Review of Crucible of Creation by Simon Conway Morris
Foote, M., J. P. Hunter, C. M. Janis, and J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 1999. Evolutionary and preservational constraints on origins of biologic groups: divergence times of eutherian mammals. Science 283:1310-1314.
Foote, M., J. P. Hunter, C. M. Janis, and J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 1999. Origin of eutherian mammals [reply to critics]. Science 285:2031a.
Foote, M., and J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 1999. Absolute measures of the completeness of the fossil record. Nature 398:415-417.
Foote, M. 2000. Origination and extinction components of taxonomic diversity: general problems. Paleobiology 26 (supplement to No. 4): 74-102.
Foote, M. 2000. Origination and extinction components of taxonomic diversity: Paleozoic and post-Paleozoic dynamics. Paleobiology 26:578-605.
Alroy, J., C.R. Marshall, R.K. Bambach, K. Bezusko, M. Foote, F.T. F\"ursich, T.A. Hansen, S.M. Holland, L.C. Ivany, D. Jablonski, D.K. Jacobs, D.C. Jones, M.A. Kosnik, S. Lidgard, S. Low, A.I. Miller, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, T.D. Olszewski, M.E. Patzkowsky, D.M. Raup, K. Roy, J.J. Sepkoski, Jr., M.G. Sommers, P.J. Wagner, and A. Webber. 2001. Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 98:6261-6266.
Peters, S.E., and M. Foote. 2001. Biodiversity in the Phanerozoic: a reinterpretation. Paleobiology 27:583-601.
Foote, M. 2001. Inferring temporal patterns of preservation, origination, and extinction from taxonomic survivorship analysis. Paleobiology 27:602-630.
Peters, S.E., and M. Foote. 2002. Determinants of extinction in the fossil record. Nature 416:420-424.
Foote, M. 2003. Origination and extinction through the Phanerozoic: a new approach. Journal of Geology 111:125-148.
Erratum to: Foote, M. 2003. Origination and extinction through the Phanerozoic: a new approach. Journal of Geology 111:125-148.
Miller, A. I., and M. Foote. 2003. Increased longevities of post-Paleozoic marine genera after mass extinctions. Science 302:1030-1032.
Foote, M. 2005. Pulsed origination and extinction in the marine realm. Paleobiology 31:6-20.
Crampton, J.S., M. Foote, A.G. Beu, R. A. Cooper, I. Matcham, C. M. Jones, P.A. Maxwell, and B.A. Marshall. 2006. Second-order sequence stratigraphic controls on the quality of the fossil record at an active margin: New Zealand Eocene to Recent shelf molluscs. Palaios 21:86-105.
Foote, M. 2006. Substrate affinity and diversity dynamics of Paleozoic marine animals. Paleobiology 32:345-366.
Crampton, J.S., M. Foote, A. G. Beu, P.A. Maxwell, R.A. Cooper, I. Matcham, B. A. Marshall, and C.M. Jones. 2006. The ark was full! Constant to declining Cenozoic shallow marine biodiversity on an isolated mid-latitude continent. Paleobiology 32:509-532.
Foote, M. 2007. Extinction and quiescence in marine animal genera. Paleobiology 33:262-273.
Foote, M. 2007. Symmetric waxing and waning of marine animal genera. Paleobiology 33:517-529.
Foote, M., J.S. Crampton, A.G. Beu, B.A. Marshall, R.A. Cooper, and I. Matcham. 2007. Rise and fall of species occupancy in Cenozoic marine molluscs. Science 318:1131-1134.
Alroy, J., M. Aberhan, D. Bottjer, M. Foote, F. Fursich, P. J. Harries et al. 2008. Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebrates. Science 321:97-100.
Foote, M., J. S. Crampton, A. G. Beu, and R. A. Cooper. 2008. On the bidirectional relationship between geographic range and taxonomic duration. Paleobiology 34:421-433.
Miller, A. I., and M. Foote. 2009. Epicontinental seas versus open-ocean settings: the kinetics of mass extinction and origination. Science 326:1106-1109.
Kiessling, W., C. Simpson, and M. Foote. 2010. Reefs as cradles of evolution and sources of biodiversity in the Phanerozoic. Science 327:196-198.