| Larval ontogeny of Micromelerpeton credneri (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) F Witzmann, HU Pfretzschner Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (4), 750-768, 2003 | 65 | 2003 |
| Sculpture and vascularization of dermal bones, and the implications for the physiology of basal tetrapods F Witzmann, H Scholz, J Mueller, N Kardjilov Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (2), 302-340, 2010 | 63 | 2010 |
| The bone histology of osteoderms in temnospondyl amphibians and in the chroniosuchian Bystrowiella F Witzmann, R Soler‐Gijón Acta Zoologica 91 (1), 96-114, 2010 | 60 | 2010 |
| Comparative histology of sculptured dermal bones in basal tetrapods, and the implications for the soft tissue dermis F Witzmann Palaeodiversity 2 (233), e270, 2009 | 56 | 2009 |
| THE POSTCRANIUM OF ARCHEGOSAURUS DECHENI, AND A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF TEMNOSPONDYL POSTCRANIA F Witzmann, RR Schoch Palaeontology 49 (6), 1211-1235, 2006 | 56 | 2006 |
| First direct evidence of a vertebrate three-level trophic chain in the fossil record J Kriwet, F Witzmann, S Klug, UHJ Heidtke Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1631), 181-186, 2008 | 54 | 2008 |
| Osteology and relationships of the temnospondyl genus Sclerocephalus RR Schoch, F Witzmann Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (1), 135-168, 2009 | 50 | 2009 |
| Cranial morphology and ontogeny of the Permo-Carboniferous temnospondyl Archegosaurus decheni Goldfuss, 1847 from the Saar–Nahe Basin, Germany F Witzmann Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of …, 2005 | 47 | 2005 |
| Deep-time evolution of regeneration and preaxial polarity in tetrapod limb development NB Fröbisch, C Bickelmann, JC Olori, F Witzmann Nature 527 (7577), 231-234, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| Skeletal development of the temnospondyl Acanthostomatops vorax from the Lower Permian Döhlen Basin of Saxony F Witzmann, RR Schoch Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2005 | 46 | 2005 |
| The evolution of the scalation pattern in temnospondyl amphibians F Witzmann Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (4), 815-834, 2007 | 40 | 2007 |
| Developmental patterns and ossification sequence in the Permo-Carboniferous temnospondyl Archegosaurus decheni (Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany) F Witzmann Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (1), 7-17, 2006 | 38 | 2006 |
| Early evolution of limb regeneration in tetrapods: evidence from a 300-million-year-old amphibian NB Fröbisch, C Bickelmann, F Witzmann Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1794), 20141550, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |
| A relict basal tetrapod from Germany: first evidence of a Triassic chroniosuchian outside Russia F Witzmann, RR Schoch, MW Maisch Naturwissenschaften 95 (1), 67-72, 2008 | 34 | 2008 |
| Bystrow’s Paradox–gills, fossils, and the fish‐to‐tetrapod transition RR Schoch, F Witzmann Acta Zoologica 92 (3), 251-265, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
| Amphibian development in the fossil record NB Fröbisch, JC Olori, RR Schoch, F Witzmann Seminars in cell & developmental biology 21 (4), 424-431, 2010 | 33 | 2010 |
| Dermal bone in early tetrapods: a palaeophysiological hypothesis of adaptation for terrestrial acidosis CM Janis, K Devlin, DE Warren, F Witzmann Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1740), 3035-3040, 2012 | 28 | 2012 |
| Vertebral Pathology in an Ornithopod Dinosaur: A Hemivertebra in Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki from the Jurassic of Tanzania F Witzmann, P Asbach, K Remes, O Hampe, A Hilger, A Paulke The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary …, 2008 | 28 | 2008 |
| Cranial morphology of the plagiosaurid Gerrothorax pulcherrimus as an extreme example of evolutionary stasis RR Schoch, F Witzmann Lethaia 45 (3), 371-385, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
| Morphological and histological changes of dermal scales during the fish‐to‐tetrapod transition F Witzmann Acta Zoologica 92 (3), 281-302, 2011 | 27 | 2011 |
