David M. Raup | |
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| Born | April 24, 1933 |
| Died | July 9, 2015 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Harvard |
| Awards | Charles Schuchert Award (1973) Paleontological Society Medal (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology Paleobiology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
David M. Raup (April 24, 1933 – July 9, 2015) was a University of Chicago paleontologist. Raup studied the fossil record and the diversity of life on Earth. Raup contributed to the knowledge of extinction events along with his colleague Jack Sepkoski. They suggested that the extinction of dinosaurs 66 mya was part of a cycle of mass extinctions that may have occurred every 26 million years.