Meyer, H.M. and D.M. Smith(editors)2008. Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado. Geological Society of America Special Paper 435. 177p. TO ORDER FROM GSA BOOKS
Smith, D.M. 2008. A comparison of plant-insect associations in the middle Eocene Green River Formation and the
Upper Eocene Florissant Formation and their climatic implcations. In H.M. Meyer and D.M. Smith (eds), Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 435:89-104. PDF
A. K. Roberts, D.M. Smith, R.P. Guralnick, P.E. Cushing and J. Krieger. 2008. Quantitative prediction of fossil
biodiversity: Eocene Spiders from Florissant, Colorado. In H.M.Meyer and D.M. Smith (eds), Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 435:105-116.
Smith, D.M. and A.P. Moe-Hoffman. 2007. Taphonomy of Diptera in Lacustrine Environments: A case study from Florissant Fossil Beds, Colorado. Palaios, 22:623-629. PDF
J. Krieger, R.P. Guralnick, D.M. Smith. 2007. Generating empirically determined, continuous measures of leaf shape for climate prediction. Palaios, 22:212-219.
D.M. Smith, A. Cook and C.R. Nufio. 2006. How Physical Characteristics of Beetles Affect their Fossil
Preservation. Palaios 21(3):305-310. PDF
A. Hicks and D.M. Smith. 2006. Athysanella bidentata n.sp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): a likely endemic
leafhopper from the San Luis Valley in Colorado. Zootaxa 1164:63-68.
A. Moe and D.M. Smith. 2005. Using Fossil Flies to Interpret Paleoenvironment, Florissant Fossil Beds NM,
Colorado. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology, 221:203-214. PDF
B.C. Ratcliffe, D.M. Smith and D.M. Erwin. 2005. The World's Largest Fossil Scarab Beetle: Oryctoantiquus
borealis, New Genus and Species, from the Eocene of Oregon, U.S.A. (Insecta: Coleoptera).Coleopterist’s Bulletin, 59(1):127-135.
Smith, D. M. and C. R. Nufio. 2004. Levels of Herbivory in Two Costa Rican Rainforests: Implications for
Studies of Fossil Herbivory. Biotropica 36(3):318-326. PDF
Smith, D.M. 2000. Beetle taphonomy in a recent ephemeral lake in southeastern Arizona. Palaios, 15(2):152-160.
Smith , D.M. 1999. Comparative Taphonomy and Paleoecology of Insects in Lacustrine Deposits. Proceedings of the First International Paleoentomoloigcal Conference, Moscow, Russia. 12 pgs.
Labandeira, C.C. and D.M. Smith. 1999. Thoughts on the First International Paleoentomological Conference, 30 August to 4 September 1998, The Paleontological Institute, Moscow, Russia, Paleobiology, (2)
Flessa, K.W. and D.M. Smith. 1997. Paleontology in Academia: Recent trends and future opportunities.Priscum, 8(1):1-4.
Smith, D.M. 1994. Plant - Insect Interactions in the Fossil Record. Phytophaga, 6: 35-49.
Smith, D. and S. Nufio. 2008. Book Review: “We Sing and Learn Dinosaurs”. Palaeontologia Electronica 11(2):
http://palaeo-electronica.org/2008_2/books/wee.htm
Smith, D. M. 2004. Book Review: “The Fossils of Florissant, Herbert W. Meyer, 2003, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 258p. (Hardcover, $ 39.99) ISBN:1-58834-107-0”. Palaios 19(1): 106-107.
D.M. Smith. Coleopteran Diversity Revisited: A fossil perspective.
D.M.Smith, and J. Thoene. Apples and Oranges, Beetles and Flies: Comparative taphonomy of Florissant
Coleoptera and Diptera.
D.M. Smith. Florissant is better than amber, for beetle diversity.
D.M. Smith and A. Cook. Megabiases in the fossil record of beetles.
D.M. Smith, J. Pardo, M. Gorman and B. Small. A New Fossil Orthopteroid from the Jurassic of Colorado.