David L. Clark is a paleontologist. He was the W.H. Twenhofel Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Madison, Wisconsin
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In 1972, he described the conodont genus ''
Neostreptognathodus
''Neostreptognathodus'' is an extinct genus of conodonts from the Cisuralian (Early Permian).
Use in stratigraphy
The top of the Artinskian (the base of the Kungurian
In the geologic timescale, the Kungurian is an age or stage of the Per ...
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Awards and tributes
In 2001, he received the
Raymond C. Moore Medal which is awarded by the Society for Sedimentary Geology to persons who have made significant contributions in the field which have promoted the science of stratigraphy by research in paleontology.
The conodont genus name ''
Clarkina
''Clarkina'' is an extinct genus of conodonts. It is considered to be an offshore, outer shelf or basinal, deep-water taxon.
The genus name is a tribute to David Leigh Clark.
Synonyms
''Clarkina'' Soodan 1975 is a junior synonym for the pre ...
'' and species name ''
Streptognathodus clarki'' are tributes to David Leigh Clark.
Works
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Conodonts and Zonation of the Upper Devonian in the
Great Basin. David Leigh Clark and Raymond Lindsay Ethington
* Conodont Biofacies and Provincialism. David Leigh Clark, 1984
link to book
* Heteromorph Ammonoids from the Albian and Cenomanian of Texas and Adjacent Areas. David Leigh Clark
* Fossils, Paleontology, and Evolution. David Leigh, Clark
References
* Joy, J.A. & Clark, D.L. 1977: The distribution, ecology and systematics of the benthic Ostracoda of the central Arctic Ocean. Micropaleontology, 23 (2), pages 129-154
External links
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David Leigh Clark at University of Wisconsin website (retrieved 7 June 2016)
Living people
American paleontologists
Conodont specialists
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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