Jan Smit (paleontologist)
Jan Smit | |
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Jan Smit in 2017 | |
| Born | 8 April 1948 |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Occupation | Paleontologist |
| Known for | Alvarez hypothesis |
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| Fields | Event stratigraphy |
| Institutions | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Thesis | A Catastrophic Event at the Cretaceous–Tertiary Boundary (1981) |
Jan Smit (born 8 April 1948) is a Dutch paleontologist. He was affiliated with the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 2003 to 2013 as a professor of event stratigraphy, studying rapid changes in the geological record related to mass extinctions.