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  1. Sediment accumulation rate predicts the temporal resolution of marine fossil assemblages

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Michal Kowalewski, Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  2. Effects of disintegration on the incompleteness of the Holocene fossil record

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  3. Quantifying the limits of paleontological resolution using a global compilation of individually-dated skeletal remains

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  4. Regional databases demonstrate macroecological patterns less clearly than systematically collected field data

    Article • Ecography, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  5. Quantifing time-averaging and the temporal resolution of the fossil record

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  6. Found a fossil: improving awareness, engagement, and communication strategies for heritage discoveries

    Article • Journal of Science Communication, November 2023, Sissa Medialab, SRL

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, A/Professor Glenn A Brock

  7. ONSHORE-OFFSHORE TRENDS IN THE TEMPORAL RESOLUTION OF MOLLUSCAN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES: HOW AGE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS REVEAL QUATERNARY SEA-LEVEL HISTORY

    Article • Palaios, March 2023, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski

  8. One Tree Reef Foraminifera: a relic of the pre-colonial Great Barrier Reef

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, November 2022, Geological Society

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, A/Professor Glenn A Brock

  9. COMPARING DIRECT CARBONATE AND STANDARD GRAPHITE 14C DETERMINATIONS OF BIOGENIC CARBONATES

    Article • Radiocarbon, January 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski

  10. DIRECT AMS 14C ANALYSIS OF CARBONATE

    Article • Radiocarbon, April 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  11. Biomacromolecules in bivalve shells with crossed lamellar architecture

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  12. Erratum: Corrigendum: The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans

    Article • Scientific Data, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Morgan S Pratchett

  13. One fossil record, multiple time resolutions: Disparate time-averaging of echinoids and mollusks on a Holocene carbonate platform

    Article • Geology, November 2017, Geological Society of America

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski

  14. SPATIAL VARIATION IN THE TEMPORAL RESOLUTION OF SUBTROPICAL SHALLOW-WATER MOLLUSCAN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES

    Article • Palaios, September 2017, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  15. Architecture of crossed-lamellar bivalve shells: the southern giant clam ( Tridacna derasa , Röding, 1798)

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, September 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  16. Radiocarbon-calibrated amino acid racemization ages from Holocene sand dollars (Peronella peronii)

    Article • Quaternary Geochronology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski

  17. PASSIVE DEFENSIVE TRAITS ARE NOT GOOD PREDICTORS OF PREDATION FOR INFAUNAL REEF BIVALVES

    Article • Palaios, December 2016, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  18. TIME-AVERAGING AND STRATIGRAPHIC RESOLUTION IN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES AND HOLOCENE DEPOSITS: SYDNEY HARBOUR'S MOLLUSCAN RECORD

    Article • Palaios, November 2016, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  19. Converting A/I values (ion exchange) to D/L values (reverse phase) for amino acid geochronology

    Article • Quaternary Geochronology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  20. Dead shell assemblages faithfully record living molluscan assemblages at one tree reef

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  21. Using fossils to understand modern extinction

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, April 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski

  22. The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans

    Article • Scientific Data, March 2016, Nature

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Morgan S Pratchett

  23. ENCOUNTER FREQUENCY DOES NOT PREDICT PREDATION FREQUENCY IN TROPICAL DEAD-SHELL ASSEMBLAGES

    Article • Palaios, December 2015, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  24. Amino Acid Racemization, Biostratigraphy

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  25. Sediment accumulation, stratigraphic order, and the extent of time-averaging in lagoonal sediments: a comparison of 210Pb and 14C/amino acid racemization chronologies

    Article • Coral Reefs, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  26. Characterizing the dynamics of amino acid racemization using time-dependent reaction kinetics: A Bayesian approach to fitting age-calibration models

    Article • Quaternary Geochronology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  27. Amino acid ratios in reworked marine bivalve shells constrain Greenland Ice Sheet history during the Holocene

    Article • Geology, November 2013, Geological Society of America

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  28. Radiocarbon-calibrated multiple amino acid geochronology of Holocene molluscs from Bramble and Rib Reefs (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)

    Article • Quaternary Geochronology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  29. Amino Acid Racemization, Biostratigraphy

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  30. Fossil Record

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  31. Determining taxon-specific preservation potentials for an entire fauna: pipe dream or possibility?

    Article • Quaternary International, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  32. Quantifying temporal change in biodiversity: challenges and opportunities

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  33. Escargots through time: an energetic comparison of marine gastropod assemblages before and after the Mesozoic Marine Revolution

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  34. Changes in shell durability of common marine taxa through the Phanerozoic: evidence for biological rather than taphonomic drivers

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  35. Taphonomic bias and time-averaging in tropical molluscan death assemblages: differential shell half-lives in Great Barrier Reef sediment

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  36. Identifying outliers and assessing the accuracy of amino acid racemization measurements for geochronology: II. Data screening

    Article • Quaternary Geochronology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  37. Identifying outliers and assessing the accuracy of amino acid racemization measurements for geochronology: I. Age calibration curves

    Article • Quaternary Geochronology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  38. Phanerozoic Trends in the Global Diversity of Marine Invertebrates

    Article • Science, July 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  39. Sediment mixing and stratigraphic disorder revealed by the age-structure of Tellina shells in Great Barrier Reef sediment

    Article • Geology, January 2007, Geological Society of America

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  40. QUANTIFYING MOLLUSCAN BODY SIZE IN EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL ANALYSES: MAXIMIZING THE RETURN ON DATA-COLLECTION EFFORTS

    Article • Palaios, December 2006, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  41. Abundance Distributions Imply Elevated Complexity of Post-Paleozoic Marine Ecosystems

    Article • Science, November 2006, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  42. Response to Comments on "Statistical Independence of Escalatory Ecological Trends in Phanerozoic Marine Invertebrates"

    Article • Science, November 2006, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  43. Statistical Independence of Escalatory Ecological Trends in Phanerozoic Marine Invertebrates

    Article • Science, May 2006, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  44. Are the most durable shelly taxa also the most common in the marine fossil record?

    Article • Paleobiology, December 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  45. Are the most durable shelly taxa also the most common in the marine fossil record?

    Article • Paleobiology, December 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski

  46. Changes in Late Cretaceous–early Tertiary benthic marine assemblages: analyses from the North American coastal plain shallow shelf

    Article • Paleobiology, September 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  47. Testing the ecological relevance of Daphnia species designations

    Article • Freshwater Biology, January 2004, Wiley

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik

  48. Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2001, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik