• Sahney, S., Benton, M.J. and Paul Ferry 2010. "Links between global taxonomic diversity, ecological diversity and the expansion of vertebrates on land." Biology Letters.
• Benton, J. 2009. "The Red Queen and the Court Jester: species diversity and the role of biotic and abiotic factors through time." Science 323, 728-732.
• Lloyd, G. T., Davis, K. E., Pisani, D., Tarver, J. E., Ruta, M., Sakamoto, M., Hone, D. W. E., Jennings, R., and *Benton, M. J. 2008. "Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution." Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 275, 2483-2490.
• Sahney, S. and Benton, M.J., 2008. "Recovery from the most profound mass extinction of all time". Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 275, 759-765.v
• Benton, M. J. and Emerson, B. C. 2007. "How did life become so diverse? The dynamics of diversification according to the fossil record and molecular phylogenetics". Palaeontology 50: 23-40.
• Benton, m.J. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2007. "Palaeontological evidence to date the tree of life". Molecular Biology and Evolution 24, 26-53.

2005

• Mesozoic and Tertiary fossil mammals and birds of Great Britain, M. J. Benton, L. Cook, D. Schreve, A Currant, and J. J. Hooker
• Mesozoic and Tertiary fossil mammals and birds of Great Britain, M. J. Benton, L. Cook, D. Schreve, A Currant, and J. J. Hooker
• Vertebrate palaeontology (Third edition) by M. J. Benton

2003

• When life nearly died: the greatest mass extinction of all time by M. J. Benton

2002

• Permian and Triassic red beds and the Penarth Group of Great Britain by M. J. Benton, E. Cook, and P. J. Turner

2000

• The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, edited by M. J. Benton, D. M. Unwin, M. A. Shishkin, and E. N. Kurochkin
• Walking with dinosaurs: the facts by M. J. Benton

1997

• Basic palaeontology by M. J. Benton and D. A. T. Harper
• Vertebrate palaeontology (Second edition) by M. J. Benton

1996

• The Penguin historical atlas of the dinosaurs by M. J. Benton
• The Viking atlas of evolution by R. Osborne and M. J. Benton

1995

• Fossil reptiles of Great Britain by M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer

1993

• The fossil record 2 edited by M. J. Benton

1991

• The rise of the mammals by M. J. Benton
• The reign of the reptiles by M. J. Benton

1990

• On the trail of the dinosaurs by M. J. Benton
• Vertebrate palaeontology by M. J. Benton

1989

• Prehistoric Animals by M. J. Benton

1988

• The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods, Volumes 1 and 2 edited by M. J. Benton

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