Alec Panchen
Alec Leonard Panchen (* 4. October 1930 ; † 17th January 2013 ) was a British vertebrate - paleontologist and zoologist .
Panchen became a zoology demonstrator at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1956 , a lecturer in 1960 and a reader in 1972 . In 1993 he retired.
He was particularly concerned with the early development of tetrapods .
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
In Newcastle he worked with Alick Walker . Jennifer Clack is one of his PhD students .
Fonts
- as editor: The Terrestrial environment and the origin of land vertebrates: proceedings of an international symposium held at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne . Academic Press 1980.
- Evolution . St. Martin's Press 1993.
- with RB Clark: Synopsis of animal classification . Chapman and Hall 1974.
- Classification, evolution, and the nature of biology . Cambridge University Press 1992.
- Batrachosauria, Anthracosauria . Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie, G. Fischer 1970.
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| SURNAME | Panchen, Alec |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Panchen, Alec Leonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1930 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 2013 |