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Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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The study was published in the prestigious journal Science Advances
Exceptionally preserved fossils from a 62.2-million-year-old site show that modern marine fish communities were already established just 4 million years after dinosaur extinction
The extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs is best known for clearing the way for the Age of Mammals on land. Scientists have long suspected that the same catastrophe also transformed life in the seas, opening ecological space for the rise of modern marine fish faunas.
The visit included:
Professor Mohamed Ashour Al-Kathiri, President of Seiyun University
Professor Mohsen Zahran, Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs, and Professor Mohamed Abu El-Nour, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental
The meeting was attended by Mr. Ashraf Amin, Head of the Science Section at Al-Ahram
along with the Sallam Lab team, in recognition of Sallam lab outstanding efforts and remarkable scientific achievement in the discovery of “Masripithecus.”
Professor Dr. Sherif Khater and Professor Dr. Tarek Ghaloush
MUVP received an academic group from the Lithuania Republic during their visit to Mansoura University, accompanied by Professor Mohamed Sobhy, Agreement Coordinator.
The visit was conducted within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between Mansoura University and the University of Vytautas Magnus, Lithuania.
In which she presented the journey of discovering “Masrypithecus.” The lecture was held upon the kind invitation of Dr. Gina El-Feki, President of the Academy.