English paleontologist and evolutionary biologist (1947–2020)
Jenny Clack
FRS FLS
Born
Jennifer Alice Agnew
(1947-11-03)3 November 1947
Died
26 March 2020(2020-03-26) (aged 72)
Nationality
English
Alma mater
Newcastle University (BSc, PhD) University of Leicester University of Cambridge (MA)
Known for
Gaining Ground: the Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods (2002)
Scientific career
Fields
Zoology Palaeontology Evolutionary biology
Institutions
Cambridge University Museum of Zoology
University of Cambridge
Darwin College, Cambridge
Jennifer Alice Clack, FRS, FLS (néeAgnew; 3 November 1947 – 26 March 2020) was an English palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist. She specialised in the early evolution of tetrapods, specifically studying the "fish to tetrapod" transition: the origin, evolutionary development and radiation of early tetrapods and their relatives among the lobe-finned fishes. She is best known for her book Gaining Ground: the Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods, published in 2002 (second edition, 2012) and written with the layperson in mind.
Clack was curator at the Museum of Zoology and Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Cambridge, where she devoted her career to studying the early development of tetrapods, the "four-legged" animals said to have evolved from Devonian lobe-finned fishes and colonised the freshwater swamps of the Carboniferous period.
2020. JennyClack on the Cambridge University website Home page - Jennifer "Jenny" Clack Profile on PBS website Interview on PBS website JennyClack, Paleontologist:...
images includes the Gill-man and Disney's Ariel. When paleontologist JennyClack of the University of Cambridge discovered a fossilized amphibian in what...
Ichthyostega or Acanthostega. In 1988, English paleontologist Jennifer Clack was the first to propose that the material represented a third type of tetrapod...
Jennifer A. Clack described the specimen and named the species after Martill. It is now housed in the Hancock Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. Clack, J.A. (2003)...
equivalent to the length of 3.5 or 4 presacral vertebrae." Jennifer A. Clack, who named this genus, found it to be most closely related to basal microsaurs...
this study, along with Aytonerpeton, Diploradus, Koilops, and Ossirarus. Clack, Jennifer A.; Bennett, Carys E.; Carpenter, David K.; Davies, Sarah J.;...
this study, along with Aytonerpeton, Koilops, Ossirarus, and Perittodus. Clack, Jennifer A.; Bennett, Carys E.; Carpenter, David K.; Davies, Sarah J.;...
this study, along with Aytonerpeton, Diploradus, Koilops, and Perittodus. Clack, Jennifer A.; Bennett, Carys E.; Carpenter, David K.; Davies, Sarah J.;...
educator Mandy Chessell (born c.1965), British computer scientist with IBM JennyClack (1947–2020), paleontologist, expert on the "fish to tetrapod" evolutionary...
Carboniferous-type tetrapods as early as the Devonian. Ahlberg, Per E.; Clack, Jennifer A. (2020). "The smallest known Devonian tetrapod shows unexpectedly...
locomotion on land compared to its predecessors. Smithson, Timothy R.; Clack, Jennifer A. (2017). "A new tetrapod from Romer's Gap reveals an early adaptation...
study, along with Aytonerpeton, Diploradus, Ossirarus, and Perittodus. Clack, Jennifer A.; Bennett, Carys E.; Carpenter, David K.; Davies, Sarah J.;...
Claretta). 25 March – Jennifer Bate, 75, concert organist. 26 March JennyClack, 72, palaeontologist. Bill Martin, 81, songwriter ("Puppet on a String"...
was discovered by Robert Clack in 1985. By the time of Eucritta's more comprehensive 2001 description courtesy of JennyClack, a fifth specimen had been...
Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan (South Africa) Henry Christy (England, 1810-1865) JennyClack (England, 1947-2020) T. H. Clark (Canada, 1893-1996) John Mason Clarke...
Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023. Clack, Erin (September 13, 2023). "Kaley Cuoco Announces Her Sister Briana's Engagement...
original, Jenny Minnikin and Dick Drugget elope to France, followed closely by the Minnikin parents, Jenny's suitor Codling, and her aunt Mrs. Clack. To escape...
Fortey, British palaeontologist, writer and television presenter (2007) JennyClack, English paleontologist (2013) Geology of Scotland "History". The Geological...
recipient) 2016: Dr Adrian W.A. Rushton 2018: Dr Robert Owens 2020: Prof. JennyClack Many famous names have published monographs through the Palaeontographical...
reevaluated. In 2004, it was redescribed by vertebrate paleontologists JennyClack and Per E. Ahlberg, who reclassified it as a new genus and species of...
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