Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP)

Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) Organization Team Managed

55 Media · 9 Specimens · Creator: El-Sayed, Sanaa., Sallam, Hesham. · Managed by: Belal Salem, Hesham Sallam

The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) possesses a large and expanding collection of vertebrate fossils, encompassing a diverse range of taxa including fish, dinosaurs, crocodiles, and mammals. These invaluable specimens have been collected from various chronological periods and geographical localities throughout Egypt. There are some citations of some papers that have been published from the collection: Sallam, H.M., Gorscak, E., O’Connor, P.M., El-Dawoudi, I.A., El-Sayed, S., Saber, S., Kora, M.A., Sertich, J.J., Seiffert, E.R. and Lamanna, M.C., 2018. New Egyptian sauropod reveals Late Cretaceous dinosaur dispersal between Europe and Africa. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(3), pp.445-451. El-Sayed, S.E., Kora, M.A., Sallam, H.M., Claeson, K.M., Seiffert, E.R. and Antar, M.S., 2017. A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt. PLoS One, 12(3), p.e0172409. El-Sayed, S., Friedman, M., Anan, T., Faris, M.A. and Sallam, H., 2021. Diverse marine fish assemblages inhabited the paleotropics during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum. Geology, 49(8), pp.993-998. Gohar, A.S., Antar, M.S., Boessenecker, R.W., Sabry, D.A., El-Sayed, S., Seiffert, E.R., Zalmout, I.S. and Sallam, H.M., 2021. A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1957), p.20211368. Salem, B.S., Lamanna, M.C., O'Connor, P.M., El-Qot, G.M., Shaker, F., Thabet, W.A., El-Sayed, S. and Sallam, H.M., 2022. First definitive record of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt. Royal Society Open Science, 9(6), p.220106.