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.