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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: Hesham Sallam, Belal Salem

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.

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000583567 Left opercle of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-29 Restricted Download  
000583563 Left posttemporal-supracleithrum of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-29 Restricted Download  
000583559 Left pectoral girdle of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-29 Restricted Download  
000583555 Left pectoral girdle spine of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-29 Restricted Download  
000583551 Second dorsal spine of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-29 Restricted Download  
000583547 Posterior nuchal plate of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-29 Restricted Download  
000583333 Right dentary fragment of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-28 Restricted Download  
000583260 Left suspensorium of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-27 Restricted Download  
000583256 left neurocranium and nuchal plates of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-27 Restricted Download  
000583252 right operclular of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2023-11-27 Restricted Download  
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