| 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 | 316 | 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 | 259 | 2009 |
| 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 | 124 | 2016 |
| Siluro-Devonian vertebrate biostratigraphy and biogeography of China W Zhao, M Zhu Palaeoworld 19 (1-2), 4-26, 2010 | 118 | 2010 |
| 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 |
| The Cenomanian–Turonian extinction and oceanic anoxic event: evidence from southern Tibet X Wan, PB Wignall, W Zhao Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 199 (3-4), 283-298, 2003 | 84 | 2003 |
| First Devonian tetrapod from Asia M Zhu, PE Ahlberg, W Zhao, L Jia Nature 420 (6917), 760-761, 2002 | 83 | 2002 |
| The earliest known stem-tetrapod from the Lower J Lu, M Zhu, JA Long, W Zhao, TJ Senden, L Jia, T Qiao NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 3 (1160), 1-7, 2012 | 80* | 2012 |
| Earliest known coelacanth skull extends the range of anatomically modern coelacanths to the Early Devonian M Zhu, X Yu, J Lu, T Qiao, W Zhao, L Jia Nature Communications 3 (1), 772, 2012 | 64 | 2012 |
| The largest Silurian vertebrate and its palaeoecological implications B Choo, M Zhu, W Zhao, L Jia, Y Zhu Scientific Reports 4 (1), 5242, 2014 | 51 | 2014 |
| Diversification and faunal shift of Siluro-Devonian vertebrates of China W Zhao, M Zhu Ichthyolith Issues Special Publication 10, 94-95, 2007 | 48* | 2007 |
| Diversification and faunal shift of Siluro-Devonian vertebrates of China W Zhao, M Zhu Geological Journal 42 (3-4), 351-369, 2007 | 48 | 2007 |
| A Devonian predatory fish provides insights into the early evolution of modern sarcopterygians J Lu, M Zhu, PE Ahlberg, T Qiao, Y Zhu, W Zhao, L Jia Science advances 2 (6), e1600154, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
| The oldest complete jawed vertebrates from the early Silurian of China Y Zhu, Q Li, J Lu, Y Chen, J Wang, Z Gai, W Zhao, G Wei, Y Yu, ... Nature 609 (7929), 954-958, 2022 | 35 | 2022 |
| A new osteichthyan from the late Silurian of Yunnan, China B Choo, M Zhu, Q Qu, X Yu, L Jia, W Zhao PLoS One 12 (3), e0170929, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| Fossil fishes from China provide first evidence of dermal pelvic girdles in osteichthyans M Zhu, X Yu, B Choo, Q Qu, L Jia, W Zhao, T Qiao, J Lu PloS One 7 (4), e35103, 2012 | 31 | 2012 |
| A new articulated hybodontoid from Late Permian of northwestern China NZ Wang, X Zhang, M Zhu, WJ Zhao Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 90, 350-361, 2009 | 30 | 2009 |
| New material of eugaleaspids from the Silurian of Changxing, Zhejiang, China, with a discussion on the Eugaleaspid phylogeny Z Gai, M Zhu, W Zhao Vertebrata Palastatica 43 (1), 61-75, 2005 | 30* | 2005 |
| New polybranchiaspiform fishes (Agnatha: Galeaspida) from the Middle Palaeozoic of China and their ecomorphological implications Z Gai, L Lu, W Zhao, M Zhu PLoS One 13 (9), e0202217, 2018 | 29 | 2018 |
| The Pengqu Formation: a new Eocene Stratigrphical Unit in Tingri Area, Tibet X Li, C Wang, X Hu, X Wan, Y Xu, W Zhao Journal of stratigraphy 24 (3), 243-248, 2000 | 29 | 2000 |
Min ZhuInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesVerified email at ivpp.ac.cn
