David Leigh Clark

David L. Clark is a paleontologist. He was the W.H. Twenhofel Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.

In 1972, he described the conodont genus Neostreptognathodus.

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 and species name Streptognathodus clarki are tributes to David Leigh Clark.

Works
  • 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
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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



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