TECHNICAL PAPERS J. Lu*, S. Giles, M. Friedman, J. L. Den Blaauwen, and M. Zhu*. (2017) A new stem sarcopterygian illuminates patterns of character evolution in early bony fishes, Nature Communications, 8(1932) Y.-Z. Hu, G. Young, J. Lu. (2017) New findings in a 400 million-year old Devonian placoderm shed light on jaw structure and function in basal gnathostomes, Scientific Reports, 7(7813). (co-first author) J. Lu*, M. Zhu*, P. E. Ahlberg, T. Qiao, Y-A Zhu, W.-J. Zhao, and L.-T. Jia. (2016) A Devonian predatory fish provides insights into early evolution of modern sarcopterygians. Science Advances. 2, e1600154. J. Lu, S. Giles, M. Friedman, J. L. Den Blaauwen, and M. Zhu* (2016). The oldest actinopterygain highlights the cryptic early history of the hyperdiverse ray-finned fishes. Current Biology 26, 1602–1608. J. Lu, Y.-A. Zhu, and M. Zhu*. (2016) From fish to human: Origin and early evolution of osteichthyans. Chinese Journal of Nature 38, 391–398. (doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2016.06.001) (in Chinese with English absetract) M. Zhu*, P. E. Ahlberg*, Z.-H. Pan, Y.-A. Zhu, T. Qiao, W.-J. Zhao, L.-T. Jia, and J. Lu (2016). A Silurian maxillate placoderm illuminates jaw evolution. Science. M. Zhu*, X.-B. Yu, P. E. Ahlberg, B. Choo, J. Lu, T. Qiao, Q.-M. Qu, W.-J. Zhao, L.-T. Jia, H. Blom, and Y.-A. Zhu (2013). A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones. Nature, 502: 188–193. J. Lu*, M. Zhu*, J. A. Long, W.-J. Zhao, T. J. Senden, L.-T. Jia, and T. Qiao (2012). The earliest known stem-tetrapod from the Lower Devonian of China. Nature Communications, 3:1160. M. Zhu*, X.-B. Yu, J. Lu, T. Qiao, W.-J. Zhao, and L.-T. Jia (2012). Earliest known coelacanth skull extends the range of anatomically modern coelacanths to the Early Devonian. Nature Communications, 3:772. M. Zhu*, X.-B. Yu, Choo, B., Q.-M. Qu, L.-T. Jia, W.-J. Zhao, T. Qiao, and J. Lu (2012). Fossil fishes from China provide first evidence of dermal pelvic girdles in osteichthyans. PLos ONE, 7:e35103. J. Lu* and M. Zhu (2010). An onychodont fish (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii) from the Early Devonian of China, and the evolution of the Onychodontiformes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277: 293–299. M. Zhu*, W.-J. Zhao, L.-T. Jia, J. Lu, T. Qiao, and Q.-M. Qu, (2009). The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters.Nature, 458: 469–474. J. Lu* and M. Zhu (2008). An Early Devonian (Pragian) sarcopterygian from Zhaotong, Yunnan, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 46: 161–170. SELECT ABSTRACTS 2017 Y.-A. Zhu, Y.-Z. Hu, G. Young, J. Lu. The endocast of an exceptionally preserved 400 myr placoderm, and evolution of the central neural system in stem gnathostomes. 14th International Symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates, 2017.7.3-2017.7.8, Wasaw, Poland 2017 J. Lu, G. Young, T. Senden, J. Hunt. Tetrapodomorph fish from the Early-Middle Devonian of Australia shed light on the early evolution of stem-tetrapods. 14th International Symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates, 2017.7.3-2017.7.8, Wasaw, Poland 2016 J. Lu, S. Giles, M. Friedman, M. Zhu. The first stem-sarcopterygian from the Pragian of South China highlights the early evolution of sarcopterygians. 76th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 26 – 29, Salt Lake City, USA 2016 B. Choo, J. Long, J. Lu, S. Giles. A new actinopterygian fish from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia. 76th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 26 – 29, Salt Lake City, USA 2015 B. Choo, J. Long, J. Lu, S. Giles Australia an ancient cradle of the ray-fins? A new actinopterygian fish from the Upper Devonian. 13th International symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates, August 2 – 5, Melbourne, Australia 2013 J. Lu, M. Zhu, P. E. Ahlberg, T. Qiao Cranial structure in the early Devonian onychodont Qingmenodus yui and its implications for the phylogenetic position of Onyhodontiformesamong sarcopterygians 73th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, November 2 – 5, Los Angeles, USA 2012 J. Lu, T. Qiao, M. Zhu Rostral tubuli and lateral line sensory system in sarcopterygians from deep time. (Invited Presentation) International Symposium of the Sensory World of Fish and Fisheries: the Impact of Human Activities, October 29 – November 1, Shanghai, China 2012 J. Lu The earliest known stem tetrapod and its significance for tetrapod ancestry. NSF Critical Transitions Workshop, March 9 – 11, Los Angeles, USA. 2011 T. Qiao, J. Lu, M. Zhu, J. A. Long Cranial anatomy of a primitive osteichthyan Psarolepis based on high-resolution computed tomography. 71th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, November 2 – 5, Las Vegas, USA 2010 J. Lu, M. Zhu Neurocranial morphology of a basal onychodont Qingmenodus revealed by high-resolution computed tomography. 70th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 10 – 13, Pittsburgh, USA 2009 J. Lu, M. Zhu The cranial anatomy of a new tetrapodomorph fish from the Lower Devonian of China. 69th Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Bristol, UK 2007 J. Lu, M. Zhu A new genus of the Tetrapodomorpha from the Posongchong Formation (Pragian, Early Devonian) of Zhaotong, Yunnan, China. 11th conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution Palaeontology and Systematics, April 10 – 13, Melbourne, Australia |
