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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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  ID Part Object Taxonomy Type Date Added Publication Status  
000630553 MUVP_635_ Mandibular symphysis muvp:635 Wadisuchus kassabi Mesh 2024-05-24 Restricted Download  
000614346 Complete skull MUVP 634 Bastetodon syrtos Mesh 2024-03-24 Restricted Download  
000604429 Dorsal vertebra (with superimposed dorsal rib) muvp:200 Mansourasaurus shahinae Mesh 2024-02-15 Restricted Download  
000604425 Anterior dorsal vertebra muvp:200 Mansourasaurus shahinae Mesh 2024-02-15 Restricted Download  
000604421 Middle to posterior cervical vertebra muvp:200 Mansourasaurus shahinae Mesh 2024-02-15 Restricted Download  
000603828 Dentaries of Mansourasaurus shahinae muvp:200 Mansourasaurus shahinae Mesh 2024-02-11 Restricted Download  
000598712 Posterior symphyseal portion of mandible muvp:180 Barissuchus anftawil Mesh 2024-01-19 Restricted Download  
000598708 Posterior right mandible muvp:180 Barissuchus anftawil Mesh 2024-01-19 Restricted Download  
000598699 Posterior left mandible muvp:180 Barissuchus anftawil Mesh 2024-01-19 Restricted Download  
000598695 Occipital condyle muvp:180 Barissuchus anftawil Mesh 2024-01-19 Restricted Download  
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