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,
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,
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,
(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.
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.
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.
In its index of statistics on its official website, the respected science journal “Nature” announced that the research outputs for Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP) has effectively contributed to raising Mansoura University's ranking
Dr. Sanaa El-Sayed, the vice-Director of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center, has received an official invitation to attend the annual international conference of the Paleontological Association to be held from 16 to 18 December 2020.