62. Manchester, SR, DK Kapgate, D Ramteke, SP Patil, ^SY Smith. (in press) Morphology and anatomy of the angiosperm fruit, Baccatocarpon, from the Maastrichtian Deccan Intertrappean beds of India. Acta Paleobotanica.

61. Manchester, SR, DK Kapgate, SP Patil, D Ramteke, *KKS Matsunaga, SY Smith. (in press) Morphology and affinities of Pantocarpon fruits (Torricelliaceae) from the Maastrichtian Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Central India. International Journal of Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1086/706856

60. Smith, SY,  DH Chitwood. 2020. Plant-Environment Interactions: A Sweeping Perspective (Special Issue Introduction), International Journal of Plant Sciences 181:155-156. https://doi.org/10.1086/707481

59. *Ng, M and ^SY Smith. 2020. Evaluating stasis in Metasequoia (Cupressaceae): testing the relationship between leaf traits and climate. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 181:157–174. https://doi.org/10.1086/706994

58. Sheldon, ND, SY Smith, *RA Stein, *M Ng. 2020. Carbon isotope ecology of gymnosperms and implications for paleoclimatic and paleoecological studies. Global and Planetary Change 184: 103060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103060.

57. *Stein, RA, ND Sheldon, SY Smith. 2019. Rapid response to anthropogenic climate change by Thuja occidentalis: Implications for past climate reconstructions and future climate predictions. PeerJ 7:e7378 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7378

56. *Matsunaga, KKS, SR Manchester, R Srivastava, DK Kapgate, ^SY Smith. 2019. Fossil palm fruits from India indicate a Late Cretaceous origin of tribe Borasseae (Arecaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 260-280. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz019 [^corresponding/anchor author, following biology convention]

55. *Loughney, K, M Hren, SY Smith, J Pappas. 2019. Vegetation and habitat change in southern California through the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum: Paleoenvironmental records from the Barstow Formation, Mojave Desert. GSA Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35061.1

54. Hyland, EG, ND Sheldon, SY Smith, CAE Strömberg. 2019. Late Miocene rise and fall of C4 grasses in the western United States linked to aridification and uplift. GSA Bulletin. 131: 224–234.

53. *Hayes, RF, SY Smith, M Montellano-Ballesteros, G Alvarez-Reyes, R Hernandez-Riovera, DE Fastovsky. 2018. Cornalean affinities, phylogenetic significance, and biogeographic implications of Operculifructus infructescences from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Mexico. American Journal of Botany. 105: 1–18.

52. Smith, SY, **WJD Iles, JC Benedict, CD Specht. Building the monocot Tree of Death: progress and challenges emerging from the macrofossil-rich Zingiberales. 2018. American Journal of Botany. 105: 1389–1400.

51. *Matsunaga, KKS, SY Smith, SR Manchester, D Kapgate, *D Ramteke, A Garbout, H Villarraga-Gómez. 2018. Reinvestigating an enigmatic Late Cretaceous monocot: morphology, taxonomy, and biogeography of Viracarpon. PeerJ.
6:e4580 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4580

50. O’Leary, MA, K Alphonse, AH Mariangeles, D Cavaliere, A Cirranello, T Dietterich, M Julius, S Kaufman, E Law, M Passarotti, A Reft, J Robalino, NB Simmons, SY Smith, D Stevenson, E Theriot, P Velazco, R Walls, M Yu, M Daly. 2018. Crowds Replicate Performance of Scientists Scoring Phylogenetic Matrices of Phenotypes. Systematic Biology 67: 49–60 https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx052

49. *Harris, EB, CAE Strömberg, ND Sheldon, SY Smith, DA Vilhena. 2017. Vegetation response during the lead-up to the middle Miocene warming event in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 485: 401–415.

48. *Harris, EB, CAE Strömberg, ND Sheldon, SY Smith, M Ibañez-Mejia. 2017. Revised chronostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the early–middle Miocene Railroad Canyon Section of central-eastern Idaho, USA. GSA Bulletin 129: 1241-1251.

47. Davies, TG, IA Rahman, S Lautenschlager, JA Cunningham, RJ Asher, PM Barrett, KT Bates, S Bengtson, RBJ Benson, DM Boyer, J Braga, JA Bright, LPAM Claessens, PG Cox, X-P Dong, AR Evans, PL Falkingham, M Friedman, RJ Garwood, A Goswami, JR Hutchinson, NS Jeffery, Z Johanson, R Lebrun, C Martínez-Pérez, J Marugán-Lobón, PM O’Higgins, B Metscher, M Orliac, TB Rowe, M Rücklin, MR Sánchez-Villagra, NH Shubin, SY Smith, JM Starck, C Stringer, AP Summers, MD Sutton, SA Walsh, V Weisbecker, LM Witmer, S Wroe, Z Yin, EJ Rayfield, PCJ Donoghue. 2017. Open data and digital morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284: 20170194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194

46. Klymiuk, A.A., S.Y. Smith, S.A. Little. 2016. Mesozoic and Cenozoic plant evolution and biotic change: Introduction and dedication. Botany 94: v-vi, 10.1139/cjb-2016-0218 (Introduction to Special Issue)

45. Smith, S.Y., R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and S.A. Little. 2017. A new species of Pityostrobus (Pinaceae) from the Cretaceous of California: moving towards understanding the Cretaceous radiation of Pinaceae. Journal of Systematic Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1143885

44. Petersen, S.V., C.R. Tabor, K.C. Lohmann, C.J. Poulsen, K.W. Meyer, S.J. Carpenter, J.M. Erickson, K.K.S. Matsunaga, S.Y. Smith, and N.D. Sheldon. 2016. Salinity and Temperature of the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway. Geology doi:10.1130/G38311.1.

43. N.F. Adams, M.E. Collinson, S.Y. Smith, M.K. Bamford, F. Forest, P. Malakasi, F. Marone, and D. Sykes. 2016. X-rays and virtual taphonomy resolve the first Cissus (Vitaceae) macrofossils from Africa as early-diverging members of the genus. American Journal of Botany doi: 10.3732/ajb.1600177.

42. Benedict, J.C., S.Y. Smith, C.D. Specht, M.E. Collinson, J. Leong-Škorničková, D. Parkinson and F. Marone. 2016. Species diversity driven by morphological and ecological disparity: a case study of seeds of Zingiberales (bananas, gingers, and relatives). AoB Plants DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plw063.

41. Collinson, M.E., N.F. Adams, S.R. Manchester, G.W. Stull, F. Herrera, S.Y. Smith, M.J. Andrew, P. Kenrick and D. Sykes. 2016. X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) of pyrite permineralized fruits and seeds from the London Clay Formation (Ypresian) conserved in silicone oil: a critical evaluation. Botany DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2016-0078.

40. Manchester, S.R., S.D. Bonde, D.S. Nipunage, R. Srivatava, R.C. Mehrotra, and S.Y. Smith. 2016. Trilocular palm fruits from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India. International Journal of Plant Sciences 177: 633-641.

39. Jiménez-Mejías, P., E. Martinetto, A. Momohara, S. Popova, S.Y. Smith, and E.H. Roalson. 2016. A commented synopsis of the pre-Pleistocene fossil record of Carex (Cyperaceae). Botanical Review 82: 258–345.

38. Sass, C. W.J.D Iles, C. Barrett, S.Y. Smith and C.D. Specht. 2016. Revisiting the Zingiberales: Using multiplexed exon capture to resolve ancient and recent phylogenetic splits in a charismatic plant lineage. PeerJ 4:e1584 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1584

37. Smith, S.Y., M.E. Collinson, J.C. Benedict, J. Leong-Škorničková, F. Marone, and D. Parkinson. 2015. Revision of putative Alpinia (Zingiberaceae) fossils from the Paleogene and Neogene of western Europe. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 293: 101–123.

36. Smith, S.Y., S.R. Manchester, B. Samant, D.M. Mohabey, E. Wheeler, P. Baas, D. Kapgate, R. Srivastava, and N.D. Sheldon. 2015. Integrating paleobotanical, paleosol, and stratigraphic data to study critical transitions: a case study from the Late Cretaceous–Paleocene of India. pp. 137-166 In P.D. Polly, J.J. Head, and D.L. Fox (eds.), Earth-Life Transitions: Paleobiology in the Context of Earth System Evolution. The Paleontological Society Papers 21. Yale Press, New Haven, CT.

35. Benedict, J.C., S.Y. Smith, M.E. Collinson, J. Leong-Škorničková, C.D. Specht, F. Marone, X. Xiao, and D. Parkinson. 2015. Seed morphology and anatomy and its utility in recognizing subfamilies and tribes of Zingiberaceae. American Journal of Botany 102: 1814-1841. (featured in November Highlights)

34. Chen, S.T., S.Y. Smith, N.D. Sheldon, and C.A.E. Strömberg. 2015. Regional-scale variability in the spread of grasslands in the late Miocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 437: 42-52.

33. Loughney, K.M. and S.Y. Smith. 2015. Phytoliths of the Barstow Formation through the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum: preliminary findings. Desert Symposium Conference Proceedings.

32. Iles, W.J., S.Y.Smith, M.A. Gandolfo, S.W. Graham. 2015. A review of monocot fossils suitable for molecular dating analyses. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 178: 346–374.

31. Kvaček, J. and S.Y. Smith. 2015. Orontiophyllum, a new genus for foliage of fossil Orontioideae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 178: 489–500.

30. Benedict, J.C., S.Y. Smith, M.E. Collinson, J. Leong-Škorničková, C.D. Specht, J.L. Fife, F. Marone, X. Xiao, Dula Parkinson. 2015. Evolutionary Significance of Seed Structure in Alpinioideae (Zingiberaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 178: 441–466.

29. S.Y. Smith and M.A. Gandolfo. 2015. Insights and benefits from monocot palaeobiology: DNA, fossils and phylogenetic analyses. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (Introduction to Special Issue)

28. Green, W.A., S.A. Little, C.A. Price, S.L. Wing, S.Y. Smith, B. Kotre, G. Doria, J. Weitz. 2014. Reading the leaves: a comparison of leaf rank and automated areole measurement for quantifying aspects of leaf venation. Applications in Plant Sciences 2:1400006. (http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1400006)

27. Punyasena, S.W. and S.Y. Smith. 2014. Bioinformatic and Biometric Methods in Plant Morphology. Applications in Plant Sciences 2:1400071 (http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1400071) (Introduction to a Special Issue)

26. Rahman, I.A. and S.Y. Smith. 2014. Virtual Paleontology: Computer aided form and function. Journal of Paleontology 88: 633–635. DOI 10.1666/13-001I (Introduction to a Special Issue)

25. Iles, W.J.D., S.Y. Smith and S.W. Graham. Refining our understanding of the phylogenetic backbone of Alismatales. pp 1-28 in P. Wilkin and S.J. Mayo, eds. Early Events in Monocot Evolution, Systematics Association special volume, Cambridge University Press.

24. Smith, S.Y. The fossil record of non-commelinid monocots. pp 29-59 in P. Wilkin and S.J. Mayo, eds. Early Events in Monocot Evolution, Systematics Association special volume, Cambridge University Press.

23. Smith, S.Y., S.A. Little, R.L. Cooper, R.J. Burnham, and R.A. Stockey. A ranunculalean liana stem from the Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada: Atli morinii gen. et sp. nov.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 818-831.

22. Hyland, E., S.Y. Smith, and N.D. Sheldon. 2013. Representational bias in phytoliths from modern soils of North America and implications for paleovegetation reconstruction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 374: 338-348.

21. Collinson, M.E., S.Y. Smith, J.H.A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, D.J. Batten, J. van der Burgh, J. Barke, and F. Marone. 2013. New observations and synthesis of Paleogene heterosporous water ferns. International Journal of Plants Sciences 174: 350-363.

20. Chen, S.T. and S.Y. Smith. Phytolith Variability in Zingiberales: A Tool for the Reconstruction of Past Tropical Vegetation. 2013. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 370: 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.026

19. Collinson, M.E., S.Y. Smith, S.R. Manchester, V. Wilde, L.E. Howard, B. Robson, D. Ford, F. Marone, J.L. Fife, and M. Stampanoni. 2012. The value of x-ray approaches in the study of the Messel fruit and seed flora. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 92: 403-416.

18. Miller, L., S.Y. Smith, Sheldon, N.D., and C.A.E. Strömberg. 2012. Eocene vegetation dynamics inferred from a high-resolution phytolith record. GSA Bulletin 124: 1577-1589.

17. Scott, A.C., N. Pinter, M.E. Collinson, M. Hardiman, R.S. Anderson, A.P.R. Brain, S.Y. Smith, F. Marone and M. Stampanoni. 2010. Fungus, not comet or catastrophe, accounts for carbonaceous spherules in the Younger Dryas ‘impact layer.’ Geophysical Research Letters 37: L14302.

16. Smith, S.Y., M.E. Collinson, P.J. Rudall and D.A. Simpson. 2010. The Cretaceous and Paleogene fossil record of Poales: review and current research. Pp.333—356 In: O. Seberg, G. Petersen, A. Barfod, J. I. Davis (eds.), Diversity, Phylogeny, and Evolution in Monocotyledons: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons & the Fifth International Symposium on Grass Systematics and Evolution.

15. Rudall, P. J., T. Eldridge, J. Tratt, M. M. Ramsay, R.E. Tuckett, S.Y. Smith, M.E. Collinson, M.V. Remizowa and D.D. Sokoloff. 2009. Seed fertilization, development, and germination in Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales): Implications for endosperm evolution in early angiosperms. American Journal of Botany. 96: 1581-1593.

14. Smith, S.Y., M.E. Collinson, D.A. Simpson, P.J. Rudall, F. Marone and M. Stampanoni. 2009. Elucidating the affinities and habitat of ancient, widespread Cyperaceae: Volkeria messelensis gen. et sp. nov., a fossil mapanioid sedge from the Eocene of Europe. American Journal of Botany. 96: 1506-1518.

13. Smith, S.Y., M.E. Collinson, D.A. Simpson, P.J. Rudall, F. Marone and M. Stampanoni. 2009. Virtual taphonomy using synchrotron tomographic microscopy reveals cryptic features and internal structure of modern and fossil plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 106: 12013-12018.

12. Scott, A.C., J. Galtier, N.J. Gostling, S.Y. Smith, M. Stampanoni, F. Marone, M.E. Collinson, P.C.J. Donoghue and S. Bengtson. 2009. Scanning Electron Microscopy and Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Tomographic Microscopy of 330 million year old charcoalified seed fern fertile organs. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 15: 166-173.

11. Smith, S.Y., M.E. Collinson and P.J. Rudall. 2008. Fossil Cyclanthus (Cyclanthanceae, Pandanales) from the Eocene of Germany and England. American Journal of Botany 95: 688-699.

10. Smith, S.Y. and R.A. Stockey. 2007. Pollen morphology and ultrastructure of Saururaceae. Grana 46: 250-267.

9. Smith, S.Y. and R.A. Stockey. 2007. Establishing a fossil record for the perianthless Piperales: Saururus tuckerae sp. nov. (Saururaceae) from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert. American Journal of Botany 94: 1642-1657.

8. Smith, S.Y., R.A Stockey, H. Nishida and G.W. Rothwell. 2006. Trawetsia princetonensis gen. et sp. nov. (Blechnaceae): a permineralized fern from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 711-719.

7. Graham, S.W., J.M. Zgurski, M.A. McPherson, D.M. Cherniawsky, J.M. Saarela, E.S.C. Horne, S.Y. Smith, W.A. Wong, H.E. O’Brien, V.L. Biron, J.C. Pires, R.G. Olmstead, M.W. Chase, and H.S. Rai. 2006. Robust inference of monocot deep phylogeny using an expanded multigene plastid data set. Pp. 3—20 in: Columbus, J. T., Friar, E. A., Porter, J. M., Prince, L. M. & Simpson, M. G. (eds.), Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution (excluding Poales). Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.

6. Smith, S.Y., R.S. Currah and R.A. Stockey. 2004. Cretaceous and Eocene poroid hymenophores from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Mycologia. 96: 180-186.

5. Smith, S.Y., G.W. Rothwell and R.A. Stockey. 2003. Cyathea cranhamii sp. nov. (Cyatheaceae), anatomically preserved tree fern sori from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. American Journal of Botany. 90: 755-760.

4. Smith, S.Y. and R.A. Stockey. 2003. Aroid seeds from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert (Keratosperma allenbyense, Araceae): Comparisons with extant Lasioideae. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 164: 239-250.

3. Smith, S.Y. and R.A. Stockey. 2002. Permineralized pine cones from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 163: 185-196.

2. Smith, S.Y. and R.A. Stockey. 2001. A new species of Pityostrobus from the Lower Cretaceous of California and its bearing on the evolution of Pinaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 162: 669 – 681.

1. Stockey, R.A. and S. Smith. 2000. A new species of Millerocaulis (Osmundaceae) from the Lower Cretaceous of California. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 161: 159 – 166.