Lower Cambrian vertebrates from south China DG Shu, HL Luo, S Conway Morris, XL Zhang, SX Hu, L Chen, J Han, ... Nature 402, 42-46, 1999 | 578 | 1999 |
A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones M Zhu, X Yu, PE Ahlberg, B Choo, J Lu, T Qiao, Q Qu, W Zhao, L Jia, ... Nature 502 (7470), 188-193, 2013 | 318 | 2013 |
The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters M Zhu, W Zhao, L Jia, J Lu, T Qiao, Q Qu Nature 458 (7237), 469-474, 2009 | 256 | 2009 |
A primitive fossil fish sheds light on the origin of bony fishes M Zhu, XB Yu, P Janvier Nature 397, 607-610, 1999 | 202 | 1999 |
A primitive fish close to the common ancestor of tetrapods and lungfish M Zhu, X Yu Nature 418 (6899), 767-770, 2002 | 159 | 2002 |
Fossil jawless fish from China foreshadows early jawed vertebrate anatomy Z Gai, PCJ Donoghue, M Zhu, P Janvier, M Stampanoni Nature 476 (7360), 324-327, 2011 | 158 | 2011 |
A primitive sarcopterygian fish with an eyestalk M Zhu, X Yu, PE Ahlberg Nature 410 (6824), 81-84, 2001 | 147 | 2001 |
Copulation in antiarch placoderms and the origin of gnathostome internal fertilization JA Long, E Mark-Kurik, Z Johanson, MSY Lee, GC Young, Z Min, ... Nature 517 (7533), 196-199, 2015 | 138 | 2015 |
African lungfish genome sheds light on the vertebrate water-to-land transition K Wang, J Wang, C Zhu, L Yang, Y Ren, J Ruan, G Fan, J Hu, W Xu, X Bi, ... Cell 184 (5), 1362-1376. e18, 2021 | 129 | 2021 |
A Silurian maxillate placoderm illuminates jaw evolution M Zhu, PE Ahlberg, Z Pan, Y Zhu, T Qiao, W Zhao, L Jia, J Lu Science 354 (6310), 334-336, 2016 | 125 | 2016 |
Siluro-Devonian vertebrate biostratigraphy and biogeography of China WJ Zhao, M Zhu Palaeoworld 19 (1-2), 4-26, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
Bayesian morphological clock methods resurrect placoderm monophyly and reveal rapid early evolution in jawed vertebrates B King, T Qiao, MSY Lee, M Zhu, JA Long Systematic Biology 66 (4), 499-516, 2017 | 120 | 2017 |
The oldest sarcopterygian fish M Zhu, HP Schultze Lethaia 30, 293-304, 1997 | 117* | 1997 |
The origin of the internal nostril of tetrapods M Zhu, PE Ahlberg Nature 432 (7013), 94-97, 2004 | 107 | 2004 |
A primitive fish provides key characters bearing on deep osteichthyan phylogeny M Zhu, X Yu, W Wang, W Zhao, L Jia Nature 441 (7089), 77-80, 2006 | 105 | 2006 |
New genomic and fossil data illuminate the origin of enamel Q Qu, T Haitina, M Zhu, PE Ahlberg Nature 526 (7571), 108-111, 2015 | 93 | 2015 |
Palaeontology: First Devonian tetrapod from Asia M Zhu, PE Ahlberg, W Zhao, L Jia Nature 420 (6917), 760-761, 2002 | 84 | 2002 |
The phylogeny of the Antiarcha (Placodermi, Pisces), with the description of Early Devonian antiarchs from Qujing, Yunnan, China M Zhu Bulletin Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Section C 18 (2–3 …, 1996 | 83 | 1996 |
Tracing the genetic footprints of vertebrate landing in non-teleost ray-finned fishes X Bi, K Wang, L Yang, H Pan, H Jiang, Q Wei, M Fang, H Yu, C Zhu, Y Cai, ... Cell 184 (5), 1377-1391. e14, 2021 | 81 | 2021 |
Interrelationships of basal osteichthyans M Zhu, HP Schultze Systematics association special volume 61, 289-314, 2001 | 81 | 2001 |