# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:02:26.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-martin"
name: "Larry Martin"
slug: "larry-martin"
description: "Larry Dean Martin was an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas. Among Martin's work is research on the Triassic reptile Longisquama and theropod dinosaur Caudipteryx and Dakotaraptor. According to the University of Kansas, he \"has been a leading opponent of the theory that birds are 'living dinosaurs.'\" Later he acknowledged a correlation and further contributed. \nHe has also appeared in a few television documentaries about dinosaurs, including Jurassic Fight Club."
tagline: "U.S. paleontologist (1943–2013)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-12-08"
deathDate: "2013-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1257861635220126
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ларрі Мартін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لاري مارتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Dean_Martin"
    title: "Larry Dean Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Martin"
    title: "Larry Martin"
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  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Martin"
    title: "Larry Martin"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Martin"
    title: "Larry Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Мартин, Ларри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Dean Martin"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6490755"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump