Zhang Miman, 张弥曼
Zhang Miman. [Photo provided to en.nantong.gov.cn]
Zhang Miman, or Meemann Chang, is a Chinese paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP).
She was the first woman to become head of IVPP in 1983. Later in 2011 she also received an honorary degree from the University of Chicago for her many career achievements.
Species named in her honor include the extinct sarcopterygian fish Meemannia, the theropod dinosaur Sinovenator changii, and the extinct bird Archaeornithura meemannae. There is also a unique organ of yunnanolepid antiarch placoderms named "Chang's Apparatus" after her.
