Larry Martin

{{short description|American paleontologist}} {{for-multi|the South Carolina politician|Larry A. Martin|the American Olympic skier|Larry Martin (cross-country skier)}}

'''Larry Dean Martin''' (December 8, 1943 – March 9, 2013) was an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ku.edu/2013/03/11/university-mourns-death-professor-larry-martin |title=University mourns death of Professor Larry Martin | The University of Kansas | The University of Kansas |publisher=News.ku.edu |date= 11 March 2013|access-date=2013-03-15}}</ref> Among Martin's work is research on the Triassic reptile ''Longisquama'' and theropod dinosaur (or fossil bird) ''Caudipteryx'' and ''Dakotaraptor''. According to the University of Kansas, he "has been a leading opponent of the theory that birds are 'living dinosaurs.'"{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} Later he acknowledged a correlation and further contributed. {{citation needed|date=July 2021}} He has also appeared in a few television documentaries about dinosaurs, including ''Jurassic Fight Club''.

He died of cancer at the age of 69 on March 9, 2013, after a long battle with the disease.

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==External links== * [http://www.news.ku.edu/2003/03N/MarchNews/March10/dinosaur.html KU paleontologist to lecture on 4-winged wonder and feathered dinosaurs (Kansas University press release)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20021003232017/http://nhm.ku.edu/ Kansas University Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center] * [https://archive.today/20121214195107/http://biodiversity.ku.edu/larry-martin University of Kansas Departmental Profile]

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