Karen H. Black
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Karen H. Black, born about 1970, is a palaeontologist at the University of New South Wales. Black is the leading author on research describing new families, genera and species of fossil mammals.[1][2] She is interested in understanding faunal change and community structure in order to gain new understandings of past, current and future changes in biodiversity which are driven by climate.[3][4][5][6]
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Born | Approximately 1970 |
Occupation | Scientist |
Employer | University of New South Wales |
Known for | Paleontology |
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Karen Black won the Dorothy Hill medal, from the Australian Academy of Science in 2012, for research on the genus Nimbadon,[2] and is recognised by fellow researchers in the specific epithet of Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae.[7]