# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-jakob-kaup
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:43:43.952Z

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name: "Johann Jakob Kaup"
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description: "Johann Jakob von Kaup was a German naturalist. A proponent of natural philosophy, he believed in an innate mathematical order in nature and he attempted biological classifications based on the Quinarian system. Kaup is also known for having coined popular prehistoric taxa like Pterosauria, Machairodus, Deinotherium, Dorcatherium, and Chalicotherium."
tagline: "German paleontologist, ornithologist and ichthyologist (1803–1873)"
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birthDate: "1803-04-20"
deathDate: "1873-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump