Meemann Chang

Meemann Chang
Born 张弥曼
(1936-04-17)April 17, 1936
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Other names Zhang Miman, Mee-mann Chang
Nationality Chinese
Fields Vertebrate paleontology
Institutions Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Alma mater Moscow University and Stockholm University
Doctoral students Zhou Zhonghe
Other notable students Xiaobo Yu

Meemann Chang (Chinese: 张弥曼) is a Chinese paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP). She completed her undergraduate studies at Moscow University and completed her PhD thesis entitled 'The braincase of Youngolepis, a Lower Devonian crossopterygian from Yunnan, south-western China' at Stockholm University.[1] She was the first woman to become head of IVPP in 1983.[2] Later in 2011 she also received an honorary degree from the University of Chicago for her many career achievements.[1]

Species named in her honour include the extinct sarcopterygian fish Meemannia,[3] the theropod dinosaur Sinovenator changii,[4] and the extinct bird Archaeornithura meemannae.[5] There is also a unique organ of yunnanolepid antiarch placoderms named "Chang's Apparatus" after her.

There is also a special book volume on fossil fish published in her honour Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes, ISBN 0-786918-50-0 .

Meemann notably first described[6] and later re-described[7] the fossil genus Paralycoptera, and also described the fossil genera Diabolepis[8] and Youngolepis.[9]

Selected Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "IVPP’s Professor to Receive Honorary Degree from Chicago University----Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.ivpp.cas.cn. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. Dalton, R. (2006). "Palaeontology: Hooked on fossils". Nature. 439 (7074): 262–263. PMID 16421540. doi:10.1038/439262a.
  3. Zhu, M.; Yu, X.; Wang, W.; Zhao, W.; Jia, L. (2006). "A primitive fish provides key characters bearing on deep osteichthyan phylogeny". Nature. 441 (7089): 77–80. PMID 16672968. doi:10.1038/nature04563.
  4. Xu, X.; Norell, M. A.; Wang, X. L.; Makovicky, P. J.; Wu, X. C. (2002). "A basal troodontid from the Early Cretaceous of China". Nature. 415 (6873): 780–784. PMID 11845206. doi:10.1038/415780a.
  5. Balter, Michael (5 May 2015). "Feathered fossils from China reveal dawn of modern birds". Science. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  6. Chang, M.; Chou, C. (1977). On Late Mesozoic fossil fishes from Zhejiang province, China. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  7. Xu, G. H. I.; Chang, M. E. M. (2009). "Redescription of †Paralycoptera wuiChang & Chou, 1977 (Teleostei: Osteoglossoidei) from the Early Cretaceous of eastern China". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 83. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00532.x.
  8. Chang, M. & Yu, X. Structure and Phylogenetic significance of Diabolichthys speratus gen. et sp. nov.; a new Dipnoan-like from the lower Devonian of E. Yunnan; China. Journal of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Sydney (1984)
  9. Chang, M. & Yu, X. B. (1981) A new crossopterygian, Youngolepis praecursor, gen. et sp. nov., from the Lower Devonian of Eastern Yunnan, China. Scientia Sinica 24:89-97.
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