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My research is mainly focused on the evolution of mammals, especially marsupials. My main interests are the role of environmental change, developmental factors, and chance events in mammalian diversification.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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Rapid Pliocene adaptive radiation of modern kangaroos
Couzens, A. & Prideaux, G., 5 Oct 2018, In: Science. 362, 6410, p. 72-75 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developmental influence on evolutionary rates and the origin of placental mammal tooth complexity
Couzens, A. M. C., Sears, K. E. & Rücklin, M., 3 Jun 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 23, 10 p., e2019294118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Timing and dynamics of Late-Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia
Prideaux, G., Gully, G., Couzens, A., Ayliffe, L., Jankowski, N., Jacobs, Z., Roberts, R., Hellstrom, J., Gagan, M. & Hatcher, L., 21 Dec 2010, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107, 51, p. 22157-22162 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new species of Mukupirna (Diprotodontia, Mukupirnidae) from the Oligocene of Central Australia sheds light on basal vombatoid interrelationships
Crichton, A. I., Worthy, T. H., Camens, A. B., Yates, A. M., Couzens, A. M. C. & Prideaux, G. J., 2023, In: Alcheringa. 47, 4, p. 446-474 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contingent evolution of thick enamel by kangaroos to resist dietary abrasion
Couzens, A. M. C., King, B. & Prideaux, G. J., 30 Apr 2026, In: Science. 392, 6797, p. 488-492 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review