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.

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