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Larry Martin
Former Staff
Vertebrate Paleontology
Biodiversity Institute

Professor - EEB

Contact Information

Office Phone: 
785.864.3917

Larry D. Martin served as a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and a curator in vertebrate paleontology at the University of Kansas from 1972 until his death in 2013.  He authored more than 170 scientific papers in the most prestigious journals and books, and was the recipient of numerous research grants from the National Science Foundation, National Geographic, NASA and other agencies and societies. He trained many students at KU, paleobiologists who are now scientific leaders in the People’s Republic of China, South Korea, and universities worldwide.

Recent Blog Posts

August 2, 2011
Recent Discovery in China Relates to KU Research
While a recent discovery may change textbooks and the way that many scientists...

Recent Publications

2010

Naples VL, Martin LD, Babiarz JP.  2010.  The other saber-tooths : scimitar-tooth cats of the Western Hemisphere.
Martin LD, Ford TL, Averianov A.  2010.  Alternative Lifestyle of Psittacosaurus.
Gong E, Martin LD, Burnham DA, Falk AR.  2010.  Evidence for a Venomous Sinornithosaurus. Paläontologische Zeitschrift.
Burnham DA, Feduccia A, Martin LD, Falk AR.  2010.  Tree climbing - a fundamental avian adaptation. Systematic Palaeontology.
Alexander DE, Gong E, Martin LD, Burnham DA, Falk AR.  2010.  Model tests of gliding with different hindwing configurations in the four-winged dromaeosaurid Microraptor gui. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107:2972-2976. Abstract

2009

Martin LD, Rinaldi C, Cole, T. III, Timm RM.  2009.  Occlusal Wear Morphology of Giant Beaver (Castorides) Lower Incisors: Functional and Phylogenetic Implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts. 171A
Martin LD, Naples VL, Babiarz JP.  2009.  Muscle Maps as a Guide to Saber-Tooth Cat Behavior.
Martin LD, Meehan TJ.  2009.  An Astronomical Stratigraphy. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 112:1.
Martin LD, McKay NR.  2009.  Vinegar Faunas and Science Education. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 112:1.
Martin LD, Knight JL.  2009.  First Discussion of the Terrestrial Mammals of the Walrus Ditch Local Fauna (Blancac) of South Carolina. First Meeting of the Southeatern Association of Vertebrate Paleontology. Abstracts and Programs
Martin LD, Falk AR.  2009.  Tracking Cretaceous Birds Across the World. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts. 93A
Martin LD.  2009.  Engineering Avian Flight.
Martin LD.  2009.  Mosasaur Lifestyles: Fluctuations of Stable Oxygen Isotopes in Tooth Enamel as a Proxy for Migratory Behavior. 41 (4):9
Martin LD.  2009.  Paleogene Avifauna of the Holarctic.
Martin LD.  2009.  The Earliest North American Record of the Antilocapridae (Artdactyla, Mammalia). PaleoBios. 29:7.
Martin LD.  2009.  Cyril Walker and the Other Half of Avian Evolution.. Journal of Paleontology Abstracts. 143A
Martin LD.  2009.  Did the Ice Age Contribute to the Evolution of Human Intelligence? 41:(4):9.
Barnett R, Shapiro B, Barnes I, Ho SY, Burger J, Yamaguchi N, Higham TF, Wheeler HT, Rosendahl W, Sher AV et al..  2009.  Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leo ssp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity. Mol Ecol. 18:1668-77. Abstract
Bader KS, Hasiotis ST, Martin LD.  2009.  Application of Forensic Science Techniques to Trace Fossils on Dinosaur Bones from a Quarry in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Northeastern Wyoming. Palaios. 24:140-158. Abstract

2008

Martin LD, Rothschild BM, K. V.  2008.  Documentation of Mycobacterium Bovis in the 'Alaskan' Refugium, Contrasted with Holarctic Persistence of Mycobacterium Tubercolosis. Journal of Paleopathology. 20:4.