Dr Sanaa El-Sayed's Groundbreaking Work on Vertebrate Fossils in Egypt and the Middle East Earns International Recognition

 Sanaa El-Sayed, an assistant lecturer at Mansoura University's Department of Geology in the Faculty of Science, has been awarded the prestigious American Association of University Women's Award for 2023. This award recognizes Sanaa's outstanding contributions to the field of vertebrate paleontology, specifically her groundbreaking research on vertebrate fossils in Egypt and the Middle East.

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The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) led a study describing the first record of an abelisaurid dinosaur from Egypt’s Bahariya Formation, dating to approximately 98 million years ago.

Based on a fossil vertebra discovered in the Bahariya Oasis,

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The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) led an international study describing *Safroutus*, a newly discovered fossil mammal from Egypt’s Fayum Depression.

Based on remains recovered from Paleogene deposits,

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The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) led a study describing *Phiomicetus anubis*, a new 43-million-year-old amphibious whale discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert.

Based on a remarkably preserved partial skeleton,

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The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) co-led an international study published in *Geology*, revealing new evidence that marine fish communities thrived in Egypt during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a period of extreme global warming around 56 million years ago.

Based on fossils from the Ras Gharib A site in Egypt,

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 (MUVP) center received a delegation from Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Romania.

Prof. Hesham Sallam, Founder of Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP), received on Monday 16 Oct 2020 a delegation from Banat University for Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Timisoara, Romania. The visit has been within the framework of Erasmus Plus project of students and faculty mobility.

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Fayoum’s Zowara ecolodge has officially opened a natural museum on its Fayoum grounds in the heart of Wadi El Rayan of the Western Desert of Egypt, to help document and celebrate the rich history of its protectorate.

With research and participation provided by Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP), the house is home to a variety of fossils, bones, and artifacts, showing off the breadth of Fayoum's wildlife, archeological and paleontological heritage.

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Taking into account the different scientific activities of MUVP Center, a team from the Center was participating in the world's largest conference for vertebrate paleontologists (SVP), which held online from 13 to 17 October 2020, with 6 research abstracts.

The abstracts included a variety of significant and recent findings announced for the first time by the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center, including a collection of fossils and remains of creatures that roomed on Egypt's land millions of years ago.

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