Min Zhu

Min Zhu (; born October 1965), is a Chinese paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), a CAS Member. He completed his undergraduate studies at Nanjing University and completed his PhD thesis at IVPP. He is currently leading a research team from IVPP. The latest findings from his team are unearthed from two new fossil depositories, shedding light on the rise of jawed vertebrates

Contributions Guiyu oneiros

Selected publications

Zhu, M., Ahlberg, P.E., Zhao, W.-J. & Jia, L.-T. (2002): First Devonian tetrapod from Asia. Nature, 420, 760-761. Zhu, M. & Ahlberg, P.E. (2004): The origin of the internal nostril of tetrapods. Nature, 432, 94-97. 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. Zhu, M., Zhao, W.-J., Jia, L.-T., Lu, J., Qiao, T. and Qu, Q.-M. (2009): The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters. Nature, 458, 469-474.