Larry Martin

{{short description|American paleontologist}}

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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.{{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}} 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.

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.