2025-2021

XIAN Zumin, PAN Zhaohui, WANG Jianhua, JIA Liantao, ZHAO Yingtian, LUO Yanchao, ZHU Min. (2025) A New Antiarch,Bothriolepis zhujiangyuanensis sp. nov.,from the Eifelian (Middle Devonian)of Qujing,Yunnan,SW China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition),2,99(1):1–14. DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.15269 

Xindong Cui,Tuo Qiao,Lijian Peng & Min Zhu. (2025) New material of the Early Devonian sarcopterygian Styloichthys changae illuminates the origin of cosmine,Journal of Systematic Palaeontology,23:1,2432273,DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2024.2432273  

LI Mao-Kun, CUI Xin-Dong, ZHU Min, QIAO Tuo. (2025) Sarcopterygians from the Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) of Nanning,Guangxi,China. Vertebrata Palasiatica,63(1):1-19.

CHEN Yang, LI Qiang, ZHOU Zheng-Da, SHAN Xian-Ren, ZHU You-An, WANG Qian, WEI Guang-Biao, ZHU Min. (2024) A new genus of galeaspids (jawless stem-Gnathostomata) from the early Silurian Chongqing Lagerstätte,China. Vertebrata Palasiatica,62(4):245-261.

Cui,X., Friedman,M., Yu,Y. et al. (2023) Bony-fish-like scales in a Silurian maxillate placoderm. Nature Communications 14,7622 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43557-9

Pan,Z., Niu,Z., Xian,Z., and Zhu,M.: A novel specimen-based mid-Paleozoic dataset of antiarch placoderms (the most basal jawed vertebrates),Earth Syst. Sci. Data,15,41–51,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-41-2023,2023.

Zhu,M.,Zhu,Y.,Gai,Z. et al. (2023) How did Jawed Vertebrates Originate and Rise?. J. Earth Sci. 34,1299–1301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-023-1907-2

Hou,Yemao & Ku,Mario & Cui,Xindong & Zhu,Min. (2023). Super‐resolution reconstruction of vertebrate microfossil computed tomography images based on deep learning. X-Ray Spectrometry. 10.1002/xrs.3389.

Gai,Z., Li,Q., Ferrón,H. G.,Keating, J. N.,Wang,J.,Donoghue,P. C.,& Zhu,M. (2022). Galeaspid anatomy and the origin of vertebrate paired appendages. Nature, 609(7929),959-963.

Zhu,Y. A.,Li,Q.,Lu,J.,Chen,Y.,Wang,J.,Gai,Z.,...& Zhu,M. (2022). The oldest complete jawed vertebrates from the early Silurian of China. Nature, 609(7929),954-958.

Andreev,P.,Sansom,I.,Li,Q.,Zhao,W.,Wang,J.,Wang,C. C.,...& Zhu,M. (2022). The oldest gnathostome teeth. Nature.  

Andreev,P.,Sansom,I.,Li,Q.,Zhao,W.,Wang,J.,Wang,C. C.,...& Zhu,M. (2022). Spiny chondrichthyan from the lower Silurian of South China. Nature.  

Xindong Cui, Matt Friedman,Tuo Qiao,Yilun Yu & Min Zhu(2022) The rapid evolution of lungfish durophagy,Nature Communications 13:2390  

Yang Chen; Zhikun Gai; Qiang Li; Jianhua Wang; Lijiang Peng; Guangbiao Wei; Min Zhu（2022）A New Family of Galeaspids (Jawless Stem-Gnathostomata) from the Early Silurian of Chongqing,Southwestern China,Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition),96（2）,430–439.

Yanchao Luo,Xindong Cui,Tuo Qiao & Min Zhu (2022) A new dipnoan genus from the Middle Devonian of Huize,Yunnan,China,China,Journal of Systematic Palaeontology,19:18,1303-1315,DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2022.2042409 

Pan,Z. H.,Niu,Z. B.,Meng,F. Y.,& Zhu,M. (2022). New insights from network analysis on the biogeography of antiarchs (jawed stem-Gnathostomata). Palaeoworld.

Wang,Y. & Zhu,M. Squamation and scalemorphology at the root of jawed vertebrates. eLife 11,e76661 (2022).  

Zhi-Kun Gai, Wen-Yu Jiang, Wen-Jin Zhao, Qiang Li, Xiao-Dong Shi, Min Zhu(2022) Redescription of the Sanqiaspidae (Galeaspida) from the Lower Devonian of South China and its biostratigraphic significance,Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 102,173–191 

Qiang Li, Xindong Cui, Plamen Stanislavov Andreev, Wenjin Zhao, Jianhua Wang, Lijian Peng and Min Zhu （2021）Nostolepis scale remains (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Lower Devonian of Qujing,Yunnan,China，PeerJ 10.7717/peerj.11093,9,e11093（1-21）

Xindong Cui,Qingming Qu,Plamen S. Andreev,Qiang Li,Huijuan Mai & Min Zhu （2021）Modeling scale morphogenesis in a Devonian chondrichthyan and scale growth patterns in crown gnathostomes，Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(2)e193

   Yemao Hou,Mario Canul-Ku,Xindong Cui,Rogelio Hasimoto-Beltran,and Min Zhu （2021）Semantic segmentation of vertebrate microfossils from computed tomography data using a deep learning approach，Journalof Micropalaeontology 40,163–173

Qiang Li,You-an Zhu,Jing Lu,Yang Chen,Jianhua Wang,Lijian Peng,Guangbiao Wei, and Min Zhu（2021）A new Silurian fish close to the common ancestor of modern gnathostomes ,Current Biology 31（16）1-8, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.053    

Wang,Y. J. and Zhu,M. (2021):New Data on the headshield of Parayunnanolepis xitunensis(Placodermi,Antiarcha),with comments on nasal capsules in antiarchs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(6),e1855189. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1855189

Xupeng Bi,Kun Wang,Liandong Yang,Min Zhu,Shunping He, Guojie Zhang(2021). Tracing the genetic footprints of vertebrate landing in non-teleost ray-finned fishes. Cell.   

Wang,K.,J. Wang,C. Zhu,L. Yang,Y. Ren,J. Ruan,G. Fan,J. Hu,W. Xu,X. Bi,Y. Zhu,Y. Song,H. Chen,T. Ma,R. Zhao,H. Jiang,B. Zhang,C. Feng,Y. Yuan,X. Gan,Y. Li,H. Zeng,Qun Liu,Y. Zhang,F. Shao,S. Hao,H. Zhang,X. Xu,X. Liu,D. Wang,M. Zhu,G. Zhang,W. Zhao,Q. Qiu,S. He and W. Wang (2021). African lungfish genome sheds light on the vertebrate water -to-land transition. Cell. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.047        

You-an Zhu, Sam Giles, Gavin C. Young, Per E. Ahlberg, Min Zhu, Jing Lu(2021). Endocast and Bony Labyrinth of a Devonian “Placoderm” Challenges Stem Gnathostome Phylogeny. Current Biology.

2020-2016

Andreev,P. S., W. Zhao, N.-Z. Wang, M. M. Smith, Q. Li, X. Cui, M. Zhu and I. J. Sansom (2020)."Early Silurian chondrichthyans from the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang,China)."PLOS ONE  15(2):e0228589.       

Hou,Y.,X. Cui,M. Canul-Ku,S. Jin,R. Hasimoto-Beltran,Q. Guo and M. Zhu (2020)."ADMorph: A 3D Digital Microfossil Morphology Dataset for Deep Learning."IEEE Access 8: 148744-148756.        

Gai,Z. K.,X. R. Shan,Z. X. Sun,W. J. Zhao,Z. H. Pan and M. Zhu (2020)."A redescription of the Silurian Sinogaleaspis shankouensis(Galeaspida,stem-Gnathostomata)from Jiangxi,China."Vertebrata PalAsiatica 58: 85–99.   

Zhu,Y. A.,J. Lu and M. Zhu (2019)."Reappraisal of the Silurian placoderm Silurolepis and insights into the dermal neck joint evolution." Royal Society Open Science (9):191181.         

Zhu,Y. a.,P. Ahlberg and M. Zhu (2019). The Evolution of Vertebrate Dermal Jaw Bones in the Light of Maxillate Placoderms. Evolution and Development of Fishes. Z. Johanson,C. Underwood and M. Richter. London,Cambridge University Press: 71-86.

Pan,Z.-H. and M. Zhu (2019)."VPPDB: Hosting the Data for Vertebrate Paleoanthropology."Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 93(supp.1):61-63.       

Lu,J. and M. Zhu (2019)."The postparietal shield of the Pragian dipnomorph Arquatichthys and its implications for the rhipidistian cranial anatomy."Palaeoworld,28: 543-549.            

Gai,Z. K.,M. Zhu and C. J. P. Donoghue (2019)."The circulatory system of Galeaspida (Vertebrata;stem-Gnathostomata) revealed by synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy."Palaeoworld 28: 441-460.         

Cui,X.,T. Qiao and M. Zhu (2019)."Scale morphology and squamation pattern of Guiyu oneiros provide new insights into early osteichthyan body plan." Scientific Reports,9(1):4411.

Goedert,J.,C. Lecuyer,R. Amiot,F. Arnaud-Godet,X. Wang,L. Cui,G. Cuny,G. Douay,F. Fourel,G. Panczer,L. Simon,J. S. Steyer and M. Zhu (2018). Euryhaline ecology of early tetrapods revealed by stable isotopes. Nature 558(7708):68-72.

Wang,Y. J. and M. Zhu (2018)."Redescription of Phymolepis cuifengshanensis (Antiarcha: Yunnanolepididae) using high-resolution computed tomography and new insights into anatomical details of the endocranium in antiarchs." PeerJ 6: e4808.          

Gai,Z.,L. Lu,W. Zhao and M. Zhu (2018)."New polybranchiaspiform fishes (Agnatha: Galeaspida) from the Middle Palaeozoic of China and their ecomorphological implications." PLoS One 13(9):e0202217.         

Qu,Q.-M.,Sanchez,S.,Zhu,M.,Blom,H. and Ahlberg,P.E. (2017) The origin of novel features by changes in developmental mechanisms: ontogeny and three-dimensional microanatomy of polyodontode scales of two early osteichthyans. Biological Reviews 92(2). 1-24.       

Gai,Z.-K.,Yu,X.-B.,and Zhu,M. (2017). Gai,Z.-K.,Yu,X.-B. & Zhu,M. The evolution of the zygomatic bone from Agnatha to Tetrapoda. The Anatomical Record,300,16-29.         

Choo,B.,Zhu,M.,Qu,Q.-M.,Yu,X.-B.,Jia,L.-T. and Zhao,W.-J. (2017). A new osteichthyan from the late Silurian of Yunnan,China. PloS One,12,e0170929.         

Zhu,M.,Ahlberg,P.E.,Zhao,W.-J. and Jia,L.-T. (2017). A Devonian tetrapod-like fish reveals substantial parallelism in stem tetrapod evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 0.1038/s41559-017-0293-5         

Lu,J.,Giles,S.,Friedman,M. and Zhu,M. (2017). A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates pattern of character evolution in early bony fishes. Nature Communications 8(1):1932.         

King,B.,Qiao,T.,Lee,M.S.Y.,Zhu,M. & Long,J.A. (2017) Bayesian morphological clock methods resurrect placoderm monophyly and reveal rapid early evolution in jawed vertebrates. Systematic Biology,66(4),499-516 10.1093/sysbio/syw107.       

Zhu,M.,Ahlberg,P.E.,Pan,Z.-H.,Zhu,Y.-A.,Qiao,T.,Zhao,W.-J.,Jia,L.-T. & Lu,J. A Silurian maxillate placoderm illuminates jaw evolution. Science,2016,354(6310):334-336.     

Lu,J.,Giles,S.,Friedman,M.,Blaauwen,J. L. & Zhu,M. (2016) The oldest actinopterygian Highlights the cryptic early history of the hyperdiverse ray-finned fishes. Current Biology,2016,26: 1602-1608.     

Lu,J.,Zhu,M.,Ahlberg,P.E.,Qiao,T.,Zhu,Y.-A.,Zhao,W.-J. & Jia,L.-T. (2016) A Devonian predatory fish provides insights into the early evolution of modern sarcopterygians. Science Advances,2016,2(6):e1600154,1-8. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600154.      

Zhu,Y.-A.,Zhu,M. & Wang,J.-Q. (2016). Redescription of Yinostius major (Arthrodira: Heterostiidae) from the Lower Devonian of China,and the interrelationships of Brachythoraci. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,2016,176: 806-834.     

Qiao,T.,King,B.,Long,J.A.,Ahlberg,P.E. & Zhu M. (2016). Early gnathostome phylogeny Revisited: Multiple method consensus. PloS One,2016,11(9):e0163157,1-24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163157.

2015-2011  

Long,J. A.,Mark-Kurik.,E.,Johanson,Z.,Lee,M.S.Y.,Young,G.C.,Zhu,M.,Ahlberg,P.E.,Newman,R.J.M.,den Blaauwen,J.,Choo B. & Trinajstic,K. Copulation in antiarch placoderms and the origin of gnathostome internal fertilization. Nature,2015,517: 196-199. doi:10.1038/nature13825.

Pan,Z.-H.,Zhu,M.,Zhu,Y.-A. & Jia,L.-T.（2015）A new petalichthyid placoderm from the Early Devonian of Yunnan,China. Comptes Rendus Palevol.14(2),25-137. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.10.006)  

Qu,Q.-M.,Haitina,T.,Zhu,M. & Ahlberg,P.E. New genomic and fossil data illuminate the origin of ename. Nature,2015,526:108–111.     

Qiao,T. & Zhu,M. A new Early Devonian lungfish from Guangxi,China,and its palaeogeographic significance. Alcheringa,2015,39: 428-437.     

朱敏等*，中国古脊椎动物志. 第1卷. 鱼类. 第1册,无颌类：总第1册. 北京:科学出版社，(2015),294页.（Zhu,M. et al. (ed.). Palaeovertebrata Sinica. Volume I Fishes. Fascicle 1 (Serial no. 1) Agnathans. Beijing: Science Press. 2015,1-294）

Zhu,M. Bone gain and loss: Insights from genomes and fossils. National Science Review,2014,1: 490-497.

Choo,B.,Zhu,M.,Zhao,W.-J.,Jia,L.-T. & Zhu,Y.-A. The largest Silurian vertebrate and its palaeoecological implications. Scientific Reports,2014,4(5242):1-9 (doi:10.1038/srep05242).   

赵文金,朱敏. 中国志留纪鱼化石及含鱼地层对比研究综述. 地学前缘,2014,21(2):185-202.(Zhao,W.-J. & Zhu,M. A review of the Silurian fishes from China,with comments on the correlation of fish-bearing strata. Earth Science Frontiers,2014,21 (2):185-202.)

Zhao,W.-J. & Zhu M. Silurian fishes from Yunnan,China and related biostratigraphy. In: Zhan,R.-B. & Huang,B. (eds.),IGCP591Field Workshop 2014,Kunming,China,12-21 August 2014,Extended Summary. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press,2014: 221-225.

朱敏、朱幼安（2014）. 全颌鱼研究改写有颌脊椎动物早期演化历史. 154-157. 2014科学发展报告（中国科学院编）. 北京:科学出版社.

Zhu,M.,Yu,X.-B.,Ahlberg,P. E.,Choo,B.,Lu,J.,Qiao,T.,Qu,Q.-M.,Zhao,W.-J.,Jia,L.-T.,Blom,H. & Zhu Y.-A. A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones. Nature,2013,502(7470):188-193.   

Qu,Q.-M.,Zhu,M. & Wang,W. Scales and dermal skeletal histology of an early bony fish Psarolepis romeri and their bearing on the evolution of rhombic scales and hard tissues. PLoS ONE,2013,8(4):1-14 (e61485).   

Zhu,Y.-A. & Zhu,M. A redescription of Kiangyousteus yohii (Arthrodira: Eubrachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of China,with remarks on the systematics of the Eubrachythoraci. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,2013,169(4):798–819.   

朱幼安、朱敏:古鱼展新脸. 科学，65(5),(2013),3-7.(Zhu,Y.-A. and Zhu,M. (2013). A prehistoric fish with a new face. Science (Kexue),65(6),(2013),3-7.

Lu,J.,Zhu,M.,Ahlberg,P. E. & Qiao,T. Cranial structure in the Early Devonian onychodont Qingmenodus yui and its implications for the phylogenetic position of Onychodontiformes among sarcopterygians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,2013,33(Supplement):165.

Zhu,M.,Yu,X.-B.,Choo,B.,Qu,Q.-M.,Jia,L.-T.,Zhao,W.-J.,Qiao,T. & Lu,J. Fossil fishes from China provide first evidence of dermal pelvic girdles in osteichthyans. PloS One,2012,7(4):1-9(e35103).   

Zhu,M.,Yu,X.-B.,Lu,J.,Qiao,T.,Zhao,W.-J. & Jia,L.-T. Earliest known coelacanth skull extends the range of anatomically modern coelacanths to the Early Devonian. Nature Communications,2012,3(772):1-8.   

Zhu,M.,Yu,X.-B.,Choo,B.,Wang,J.-Q. & Jia,L.-T. An antiarch placoderm shows that pelvic girdles arose at the root of jawed vertebrates. Biology Letters,2012,8(3):453-456.   

Lu,J.,Zhu,M.,Long,J. A.,Zhao,W.-J.,Senden,T. J.,Jia,L.-T. & Qiao,T. The earliest known stem-tetrapod from the Lower Devonian of China. Nature Communications,2012,3(1160):1-7.   

Gai,Z.-K. & Zhu,M. 2012. The origin of the vertebrate jaw: intersection between developmental biology-based model and fossil evidence. Chinese Science Bulletin,2012,57(30):3819-3828.

Gai,Z.-K.,Donoghue,P.C.J.,Zhu,M.,Janvier,P. & Stampanoni,M. Fossil jawless fish from China foreshadows early jawed vertebrate anatomy. Nature,2011,476(7360):324-327.

Zhao,W.-J.,Wang,N.-Z.,Zhu,M.,Mann,U.,Herten,U. & Lücke,A. Geochemical stratigraphy and microvertebrate assemblage sequences across the Silurian/Devonian transition in South China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition),2011,85(2):340-353.    

Zhu,M.,Yu,X.-B. & Qu,Q.-M. New character diagnosis yields novel perspectives on the interrelationships of major gnathostome groups. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,2011,31(Supplement):220.

2010-2006

Zhao,W.-J.,Herten,U.,Zhu,M.,Mann,U. & Lücke,A. Carbon isotope stratigraphy across the Silurian-Devonian transition in Zoige (West Qinling),China. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana,2010,49(1):35-45.     

Lu,J. & Zhu,M. An onychodont fish(Osteichthyes,Sarcopterygii)from the Early Devonian of China,and the evolution of the Onychodontiformes. Proceedings of Royal Society B-,Biological Sciences,2010,277(1679):293–299.     

Qiao,T. & Zhu,M. Cranial morphology of the Silurian sarcopterygian Guiyu oneiros (Gnathostomata: Osteichthyes). Science China: Earth Science,2010,53(12):1836–1848. (English version)

Zhu,M.,Wang,W. & Yu,X.-B. Meemannia eos,a basal sarcopterygian fish from the Lower Devonian of China –expanded description and significance. In: Elliott,D. K.,Maisey,J. G.,Yu,X.-B. &Miao,D.-S. (eds.). Morphology,Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil,2010: 199-214.

Young,G. & Zhu,M. Introduction. Middle Palaeozoic vertebrteate biogeography: Palaeogeographya and Climate. Palaeoworld,2010,19(1-2):1-3.

Wang,W.,Qu,Q.-M. & Zhu,M. A brief review of the Middle Palaeozoic vertebrates from Southeast Asia. Palaeoworld,2010,19(1-2):27-36.

Zhang,G.-R.,Wang,S.-T.,Wang,J.-Q.,Wang,N.-Z. & Zhu,M. A basal antiarch (placoderm fish) from the Silurian of Qujing,Yunnan,China. Palaeoworld,2010,19(1-2):129-135.

Qu,Q.-M.,Zhu,M. & Zhao,W.-J. Silurian atmospheric O2 changes and the early radiation of gnathostomes. Palaeoworld,2010,19(1-2):146-159.

朱敏. 脊椎动物起源与早期演化. 见:“10000个科学难题”地球科学编委会. 10000个科学难题,地球科学卷. 北京:科学出版社,2010: 191-195.(Zhu,M. The origin and early evolution of vertebrates. In: 10000 Selected Problems in Sciences-Earth Science. Beijing: Science Press,2010: 191-195).

Dupret,V.,Zhu,M. & Wang,J.-Q. The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi,Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (South China) and its phylogenetic significance. Zoological Journal of Linnean Society,2009, 157: 70–82.     

Zhu,M. & Yu,X.-B. Stem sarcopterygians have primitive polybasal fin articulation. Biology Letters,2009, 3: 372-275.     

Zhu,M.,Zhao,W.-J.,Jia,L.-T.,Lu,J.,Qiao,T. & Qu,Q.-M. The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters. Nature,2009, 458(7237):469-474.     

Qiao,T. & Zhu,M. A new tooth-plated lungfish from the Middle Devonian of Yunnan,China,and its phylogenetic relationships. Acta Zoologica,2009, 90 (Suppl. 1),236-252.     

Wang,N.-Z,Zhang,X.,Zhu,M. & Zhao,W.-J. A new articulated hybodontoid from Late Permian of northwestern China. Acta Zoologica,2009, 90 (Suppl. 1),159-170.     

朱敏. 有颌脊椎动物早期分化的化石实证. 见:沙金庚主编. 世纪飞跃——辉煌的中国古生物学（纪念中国古生物学会成立80周年）. 北京:科学出版社,2009: 231-237.(Zhu,M. Evidnence for the early diversification of gnathostomes. In: Sha,J.-G. ed. Flying across Century-The splendent Paleontology in China. Beijing: Science Press,2009: 231-237.）

朱敏. 鱼类部分. 见:全国科学技术名词审定委员会审定. 古生物学名词（第二版）. 北京:科学出版社,2009: 72-81. (Zhu,M. Pisces. In: Chinese terms in Palaeontology (Second Edition). Beijing: Science Press,2009: 72-81.)

Zhu,M.,Ahlberg Per,Zhao,W.-J. & Jia,L.-T. A new Devonian Tetrapodomorph fish and its bearing on the fish-tetrapod transition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,2009, 29(3):207A.     

Dupret,V. & Zhu,M. (2008). The earliest phyllolepida (Placodermi,Arthrodira) from the late Lochkovian (Early Devonian) of Yunnan (South China). Geological Magazine,145(2):257-278. 

Zhu,M.,Zhao,W.-J. & Jia,L.-T. (2008). New fossil evidence for the Silurian radiation of placoderms and osteichthyans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,28 (3):165A.     

Zhao,W.-J. & Zhu,M. (2007). Diversification and faunal shift of Siluro-Devonian vertebrates of China. Geological Journal,42(3-4):351-369.     

Gai,Z.-K.,Donoghue,P.C.J. & Zhu,M. (2007). X-ray microtomographic studies of exceptionally preserved three-dimensional galeaspid endocranium from the Silurian of South China. Journal of Morphology,268 (12):1075.

2006-2002     

Zhu,M.,Yu,X.-B.,Wang,W.,Zhao,W.-J. & Jia,L.-T. (2006). A primitive fish provides key characters bearing on deep osteichthyan phylogeny. Nature, 441,77-80.     

朱敏,赵文金. (2006). 肉鳍鱼类的早期辐射与跨古大洋分布. 见:戎嘉余主编，生物的起源、辐射与多样性演变—华夏化石记录的启示. 科学出版社,399-416（中文）,885-887（英文）.(Zhu,M. & Zhao,W.-J. 2006. Early diversification of sarcopterygians and trans-Panthalassic Ocean distribution. In: Originations and Radiations-Evidences from the Chinese Fossil Record,Rong,J.-Y. (ed.). Science Press: Beijing;399–416,885–887.）

朱敏. 内鼻孔的故事. 科学人（Scientific American中文版），47(1),(2006),86-88.

王俊卿,盖志琨,朱敏. (2005). 云南文山大窗鱼(Macrothyraspis)属一新种. 古脊椎动物学报,43(4):304-311.(Wang,J.-Q.,Gai,Z.-K. & Zhu,M. 2005. A new species of Macrothyraspis (Galeaspida,Agnatha) from Wenshan,Yunnan,China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica,43(4):304-311.）

Zhu,M.,Zhao,W.-J. (2005). An onychodont-like sacopterygian fish from the middle Devonian of Yunnan,Southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,25(3):134A.     

Zhu,M. & Yu,X.-B. (2004). Lower jaw character transitions among major sarcopterygian groups – a survey based on new materials from Yunnan,China. 271-286. In: Arratia,G.;Cloutier,R.;Wilson,M. V. H. (eds.). Recent advances in the origin and early radiation of vertebrates. —Honoring Hans-Peter Schultze. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil,München.

Zhu,M. & Ahlberg,P. E. (2004). The origin of the internal nostril of tetrapods. Nature,432: 94-97.     

Zhu,M. & Yu,X.-B. (2002). A primitive fish close to the common ancestor of tetrapods and lungfish. Nature, 418,767-770.     

Zhu,M.,Ahlberg,P.E.,Zhao,W.-J. & Jia,L.-T. (2002). First Devonian tetrapod from Asia. Nature, 420,760-761.     

朱敏. (2002). 地球上的第一条鱼;戴盔披甲的鱼类;“活化石”拉蒂迈鱼;鱼石螈的故事. 见:史前生物历程（李传夔,王原主编）. 北京教育出版社/北京少年儿童出版社,1-23.(Zhu,M. 2002. The first fish in the earth,The armoured fishes,The living fossil: Latimeira chalumnae (Gombessa) and The story of Ichthyostega. In: Journey of Prehistoric Lives (Li Chun-kui,Wang Yuan eds.). Beijing: Beijing Education Press,1-23.）

2001-1991

Zhu,M.,Yu,X. & Ahlberg,P. (2001). A primitive sarcopterygian fish with an eyestalk. Nature, 410,81-84.     

Zhu,M. & Schultze,H.-P. (2001). Chapter 17,Interrelationships of basal osteichthyans. 289-314. In: P. Ahlberg (ed.) Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution. Taylor & Francis,London.

朱敏. (2001). 硬骨鱼类起源与早期演化研究. 中国科学院院刊,16: 44-46. (Zhu,M. 2001. Study on the origin and early evolution of osteichthyans. Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,16: 44-46. )

朱敏. (2001). 追寻四亿年前四足动物的祖先. 见:深海潜鱼４亿年-导读. 台湾,14-19.(Zhu,M. 2001. Searching for the ancestor of tetrapod before 400 Million years. In: A fish caught in time. Taiwan: XIV-XIX.)

Zhu,M.,Wang,N.-Z. & Wang,J.-Q. (2000). Devonian macro- and microvertebrate assemblages of China. Courier Forschunginstitut Senckenberg, 223,361-372. 

朱敏,于小波. (2000). 新兴的“进化-发育生物学”. 科学,51: 14-18. (Zhu Min & Yu Xiao-bo. 2000. A new division of evolutionary developmental biology. Science,51: 14-18. )

朱敏. (2000). 寻找硬骨鱼类的祖先. 见:创新者的报告（第5集）,古生物学研究成果专集（沙金庚、朱敏主编）. 科学出版社,12-21.(Zhu,M. 2000. Searching for the ancestor of bony fishes. In: Innovators’Report (5),(Sha Jingeng,Zhu Min eds.). Beijing: Science Press,12-21.)

沙金庚,朱敏 (主编). (2000). 创新者的报告（第5集）,古生物学研究成果专集. 北京:科学出版社,1-236. (Sha,J.-G. & Zhu,M. (eds.). 2000. Innovators’Report (5). Beijing: Science Press,1-236. )

Zhu,M,Yu,X.-B. & Janvier,P. (1999). A primitive fossil fish sheds light on the origin of bony fishes. Nature,397: 607-610.     

Shu,D.-G.,Luo,H.-L.,Conway Morris,S.,Zhang,X.-L.,Hu,S.-X.,Chen,L.,Han,J.,Zhu,M.,Li,Y. & Chen,L.-Z. (1999). Lower Cambrian vertebrates from south China. Nature, 402: 42-46.

Zhu,M. (1998). Early Silurian sinacanths (Chondrichthyes) from China. Palaeontology,41(1):157-171.     

Zhu,M. & Janvier,P. (1998). The histological structure of the endoskeleton in galeaspids (Galeaspida,Vertebrata). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,18(3):650-654.     

Zhu,M. & Schultze,H.-P. (1997). The oldest sarcopterygian fish. Lethaia,30 (4):293-304. 

Wang,J.-Q. & Zhu,M. (1997). Discovery of Ordovician vertebrate fossil from Inner Mongolia,China. Chinese Science Bulletin, 42:1560-1563.      

Zhu,M. & Janvier,P. (1996). A small antiarch,Minicrania lirouyii n.g.,n.sp.,from the Early Devonian of Qujing,Yunnan (China),with remarks on antiarch phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,16 (1):1-15.     

Zhu,M. (1996). Studies on the Devonian fishes of South China. Science Foundation in China,4 (1):47.

朱敏,王俊卿. (1996). 从脊椎动物化石角度论云南曲靖下、中泥盆统界线. 地层学杂志,20 (1):58-63.(Zhu,M. & Wang,J.-Q. 1996. On the Lower-Middle Devonain Boundary in Qujing,Yunnan. Journal of Stratigraphy,20(1):53-63.)

王俊卿,王念忠,朱敏. (1996). 新疆塔里木盆地西北缘中古生代脊椎动物化石及相关地层. 见:童晓光,梁狄刚,贾承造(主编),塔里木盆地石油地质研究新进展. 科学出版社,8-16.(Wang,J.-Q.,Wang,N.-Z. & Zhu,M. 1996. Middle Paleozoic Vertebrate Fossils from the North-western Margin of the Tarim Basin,and the Related Stratigraphy. In: New advances on the study of petrolic geology in Tarim Basin (Tong Xiao-guang,Liang Di-gang,Jia Cheng-zao eds.),Beijing: Science Press,8-16.)

周明镇,张弥曼,陈宜瑜,朱敏. (1996). 隔离分化生物地理学译文集. 大百科全书出版社,北京,326页.(Chow,M.-C.,Chang,M.-M,Chen,Y.-Y. & Zhu,M. 1996. Selected translation papers of vicariance biogeography. Beijing: Encyclopedia Press of China,326 pp.）

王俊卿,朱敏. (1995). 论云南武定旧城组的地质时代. 地层学杂志，19(1):20-24. (Wang,J.-Q. & Zhu,M. 1995. Age of the Jiucheng Formation of Wuding,Yunnan. Journal of Stratigraphy,19(1):20-24.)

Zhu,M. & Janvier,P. (1994). Un onychodontide (Vertebrata,Sarcopterygii) du Dévonien inférieur de Chine. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences,Serie II,319 :951-956.     

Chang,M.-M. & Zhu,M. (1993). A new Middle Devonian osteolepidid from Qujing,Yunnan. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Paleontologists, 15:183-198.

朱敏，周明镇. (1993). 熵、生物进化和Brooks—Wiley理论. 古生物学报，32(3):384-392.(Zhu,M. & Chow,M.-C. 1993. Entropy,Biological evolution and Brook-Wiley theory. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 32(3):384-392.)

朱敏. (1992). 记真盔甲鱼类两新属——兼论真盔甲鱼类系统发育关系. 古脊椎动物学报，30 (3):169-184. (Zhu,M. 1992. Two new eugaleaspids,with a discussion on eugaleaspid phylogeny. Vertebrata PalAsiatica,30: 169-184.)

Zhu,M. (1991). New information on Diandongpetalichthys (Placodermi: Petalichthyida). 179-194. In: Chang M.-M.,Y.-H. Liu & G.-R. Zhang (eds.). Early Vertebrates and related Problems of Evolutionary Biology. Science Press,Beijing.