On 17th May 2019, Prof. Tarek Shawki, the Minister of Education and Technical Education and Chairman of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, together with Dr. Yasmine Salah Fouad, the Environment Minister, Prof. Ashraf Abdel Basset, the President of Mansoura University, and Prof. Hesham Sallam, the director of MUVP center, have established the inauguration ceremony of MUVP.
On 11th May 2019, Prof. Ashraf Abdel Basset, the President of Mansoura University, and Prof. Hesham Sallam, the director of Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP), have inaugurated the official opening of MUVP at the Faculty of Science in Mansoura University. The center is the first specialized center for vertebrate fossils in the Middle East.
Dr Sanaa El-Sayed was part of the first Diversity in Paleontology Luncheon at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology where she hosted a roundtable discussion on Present Challenges and Future Prospects for Egyptian Women in Vertebrate Paleontology
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, prof/ Khaled Abd Algafar, received prof/ Mohamed Kenawy - President of Mansoura University, and the research team of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP). The meeting was attended by prof/ Adel Geneidi- Dean of the Faculty of Science, prof/ Azza Ismail - former Dean of the Faculty of Science,
Sallam Lab team was honored by Professor Mohamed El-Kenawy, President of Mansoura University, on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, for discovering a new genus and species of dinosaur that is 80 million years old
The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) led a study describing *Mansourasaurus shahinae*, a new species of titanosaur dinosaur discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert.
Based on one of the most complete dinosaur skeletons ever found in Africa from the Late Cretaceous,
The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) led a study describing *Qarmoutus hitanensis*, a new species of fossil catfish discovered in Egypt’s Fayum Depression.
Based on exceptionally preserved fossils dating to around 37 million years ago,