PUBLICATIONS
2026
Gohar, A. S., Woodward, H. N., & Sallam, H. M. (2026). Bone histology reveals life history and regional remodeling in black bears. Journal of Anatomy. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70112
2025
Berger E, Amson E, Peri E, Gohar AS, Sallam HM, Ferreira GS, Roy Chowdhury R, Martinez Q (2025) The endocranial anatomy of protocetids and its implications for early whale evolution. Evolution, qpaf109. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf109
Saber S, Salem BS, Ouda K, Gohar AS, El-Sayed S, O’Conner PM, Sallam HM. (2025) An early divergent dyrosaurid (Wadisuchus kassabi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Campanian of Egypt and its implications for the origin and biogeography of Dyrosauridae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Saber S, Salem BS, Ouda K, Gohar AS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM (2025) A long-snouted dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Campanian Quseir Formation of Egypt. Cretaceous Research, 165, 105982.
2024
Al-Ashqar S, Borths M, El-Desouky H, Heritage S, Abed M, Seiffert ER, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM (2025) Cranial anatomy of the hypercarnivore Bastetodon syrtos gen. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae) and a reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2442472.
Anan T, Šegvić B, Sallam HM, Zanoni G, Fobbs E, Zanoni G, Leila M (2024) Mineralogy and geochemistry of elongated calcite-cemented concretions of the Upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation (Fayum depression, Egypt): insights into concretions’ origin and paleoenvironmental implications. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, 9(2), pp. 1051–1062.
Burke P, Nicholl C, Pittard B, Sallam HM, Mannion P (2024) The anatomy and taxonomy of the North African Early Miocene crocodylian ‘Tomistoma dowsoni’ and the phylogenetic relationships of gavialoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 22(1), 2384548.
Seiffert ER, Heritage S, de Vries D, Sallam HM, Vitek N, Aoron E, Princehouse P (2024) Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi Formation of northern Kenya. Historical Biology. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2370015
2023
Antar, MS, Gohar, AS, El-Desouky, H. Seiffert ER, El-Sayed S, Claxton, AG. & Sallam HM. (2023) A diminutive new basilosaurid whale reveals the trajectory of the cetacean life histories during the Eocene. Communications Biology 6, 707 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04986-w
Gorscak, E, Lamanna, MC, Schwarz, D, Verónica díez Díaz, Salem, BS, Sallam HM & Wiechmann MF. (2023) A new titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Quseir Formation of the Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2199810
2022
Salem BS, Lamanna MC, O’Connor PM, El-Qot GM, Shaker FA, Thabet WA, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. (2022) First definitive record of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt. Royal Socity Open Science, https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220106.
McKay CJ, Welbourn-Green C, Seiffert ER, Sallam HM, Li J, Kakarala SE, Bennett NC, Asher RJ. (2022) Dental development and first premolar homology in placental mammals. Vertebrate Zoology doi: 10.3897/vz.72.e78234
2021
Gohar AS, Antar MS, Boessenecker RW, Sabry DA, El-Sayed S, Seiffert E, Zalmout IS and Sallam HM (2021) A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1368
El-Sayed S, Friedman M, Anan T, Faris M, Sallam HM (2021) Diverse marine fish assemblages inhabited the paleotropics during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G48549.1
Salem BS, O’Connor PM, Gorscak E, El-Sayed S, Sertich JJ, Seiffert ER, Sallam HM (2021) “Dinosaur remains from the upper Cretaceous (Campanina) of the Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Cretaceous Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104783
Al Ashqar SF, Seiffert ER, de Vries D, El-Sayed S, Antar MS, Sallam HM (2021) New phiocricetomyine rodents (Hystricognathi) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. PeerJ. https://peerj.com/articles/12074/
De Vries D, Heritage S, Borths MR, Sallam HM and Seiffert ER (2021) Widespread loss of mammalian lineage and dietary diversity of the early Oligocene of Afro-Arabia, Communications Biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02707-9
El-Hares M, Zaher H, EL-Mekkawy D, El-Sayed S, Seiffert E, Antar M and Sallam HM (2021) New records of legless squamates from the earliest upper Eocene deposits of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41:4, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1992770
2020
El-Sayed S, Murray AM, Kora MA, Abu El-Kheir GA, Antar MS, Seiffert ER, Sallam HM (2020) Oldest record of African Bagridae and evidence from catfishes for a marine influence in the Late Eocene Birket Qarun locality 2 (BQ-2), Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2020.1780248
Sallam HM and Seiffert ER (2020) Revision of Oligocene “Paraphiomy” and an origin for crown Thryonomyoidea (Rodentia, Hystricognathi, Phiomorpha) near the Oligocene-Miocene boundary in Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlz148, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz148
2019
Almécija S, Tallman M, Sallam HM, Fleagle JG, Hammond AS, Seiffert ER (2019) Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution. Nat Commun 10, 4778 (2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12742-0
2018
Sallam HM, Gorscak E, O'Connor PM, El-Dawoudi IA, Saber S and El-Sayed SE, Kora MA, Sertich JJ, Seiffert ER, Lamanna M (2018) New Egyptian sauropod dinosaur unambiguously reveals Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) faunal affinities between Africa and Europe. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 445–451, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0455-5
Gunnell GF, Boyer DM, Friscia AR, Heritage S, Manthi FK, Miller ER, Sallam HM, Simmons NB, Stevens NJ, Seiffert ER (2018) Fossil lemurs from Egypt and Kenya reveal an African origin for Madagascar’s aye-aye. Nature Communications. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05648-w
Saber S, Sertich JJ, Sallam HM, Ouda KA, O'Connor PM (2018) Enigmatic crocodyliform remains from the Upper Cretaceous Quseir Formation of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt, Cretaceous Research. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667117301453?casa_token=gr7JR-_J25MAAAAA:JwGqv691tYkuUwk2LoVhasmnaKBMaF8dwmQmANkd7yNHD5Wk4eJXiLMHm6RGVU7odsCUNqwHv_tX
Miller ER, Gunnell GF, Seiffert ER, Sallam HM and Schwartz GT (2018) Pattern of dental emergence in early anthropoid primates from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Historical Biology,30, 1-2, 157-165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2017.1294169.
Seiffert ER, Boyer DM, Fleagle JG, Gunnell GF, Heesy CP, Perry JMG, and Sallam HM (2018) New adapiform primate fossils from the late Eocene of Egypt. Historical Biology, 30, 1-2, 204-226, https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2017.1306522.
2017
Holloway WL, Claeson KM, Sallam HM, Sertich JJ, El-Sayed SE and O'Connor PM (2017) New material of the Protacanthopterygian fish Enchodus from the Duwi Formation, Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Western Desert, Central Egypt. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 62 (3), 2017: 603-611 doi: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00331.2016
Asher RJ, Gunnell GF, Seiffert ER, Pattinson D and Sallam HM (2017) Dental Eruption and Growth in Hyracoidea (Mammalia, Afrotheria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2017.1317638
El-Sayed SE, Kora MA, Sallam HM, Claeson KM, Antar MS and Seiffert ER (2017) A new genus and species of catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the late Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172409
2016
Sallam HM, O'Connor PM, Kora MA, Sertich JJ, Seiffert ER, Faris M, Ouda KA, El-Dawoudi IA, Saber S, El-Sayed SE (2016) Vertebrate paleontological exploration of the Upper Cretaceous succession in the Dakhla and Kharga Oases, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 117: 113-234, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1464343X16300334
Sallam HM and Seiffert ER (2016) New phiomorph rodents from the latest Eocene of Egypt, and the impact of Bayesian “clock”-based phylogenetic methods on estimates of basal hystricognath relationships and biochronology. PeerJ, https://peerj.com/articles/1717/#fig-2
Sallam HM, Sileem AH, Miller ER and Gunnell GF (2016) Deciduous dentition and dental eruption sequence of Bothriogenys fraasi (Anthracotheriidae, Artidactyla) from the early Oligocene, of Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/in-press/1595-anthracotheriidae-from-egypt
Heritage S, Fernández D, Sallam HM, Cronin DT, Esara Echube JM and Seiffert ER (2016) Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding. PeerJ 4:e2320 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2320.
Sileem AH, Sallam HM, Hewaidy AA, Miller ER and Gunnell GF (2016) A new anthracothere (Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene, Fayum, Egypt, and the mystery of African “Rhagatherium” solved. Journal of Paleontology, 90, 1, p. 170-181, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/new-anthracothere-artiodactyla-from-the-early-oligocene-fayum-egypt-and-the-mystery-of-african-rhagatherium-solved/2EC5AB098CC416943A716B5479AFE960
El Atfy H, Sallam HM, Jasper A and Uhl D (2016) The first evidence of paleo-wildfire from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of North Africa. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667115300707?casa_token=h6YlC4ZPfpQAAAAA
2015 and older
- Sileem AH, Sallam HM, Hewaidy AA, Gunnell GF and Miller ER (2015) Anthracotheres (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the upper-most horizon of the Jebel Qatrani Formation, latest early Oligocene, Fayum Depression, Egypt, Egyptian Journal of Paleontology. 15: 1-11.
Sallam HM (2014). Hesham M. Sallam. In: Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. & MacLeod, N. Issues in Palaeobiology: a Global View, Interviews and Essays: ISBN: 978-3-905923-17-9. 244.
Claeson KM, Sallam HM, O’Connor PM & Sertich JJ (2014) A revision of the Upper Cretaceous lepidosirenid lungfishes from the Quseir Formation, Western Desert, central Egypt, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34:4, 760-766.
Sallam HM, Seiffert ER, and Simons EL (2012) A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, doi:10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6, 1664-2376.
Sallam HM, Seiffert ER, Simons EL (2011) Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16525. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016525.
Sallam HM, Seiffert ER, Simons EL, and Brindley C (2010) A large-bodied anomaluroid rodent from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt: Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, 5 : 1579 – 1593.
Sallam HM, Seiffert ER, and Simons EL (2010) A highly derived anomalurid rodent from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. Palaeontology, 53: 803-813.
Seiffert ER, Simons EL, Boyer DM, Perry JGM, Ryan TM, and Sallam HM (2010) A fossil primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. (PNAS) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 107: 9712-9717.
Sallam HM, Seiffert ER, Steiper ME, and Simons EL (2009) Fossil and molecular evidence constrain scenarios for the early evolutionary and biogeographic history of hystricognathous rodents. (PNAS) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 106:16722-16727.
Kora MA, Hamama H, and Sallam HM (2002) Senonian macrofauna from west-central Sinai: biostratigraphy and biogeography. Egyptian Journal of Paleontology 2: 235-258.
Kora MA, Hamama H, and Sallam HM (2002) Stratigraphy and microfacies of the Senonian in west-central Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Geology 47, 1: 301-328.
SELECTED CONFERENCES (ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, SEMINARS)
2026
Gohar AS, Woodward HN, Sallam HM. 2026. Osteohistology of wild and captive black bears (Ursus americanus) reveals life history and regional bone remodeling. OSU-CHS Research Week 2026. Tulsa, OK, USA:10.
2025
Amson E, Alfsen A, Berger E, Peri E, Gohar AS, Sallam HM, Ferreira GS, Roy Chowdhury R, van de Kamp T, Hamann E, Zuber M, Martinez Q. 2025. The endocranial anatomy of protocetids: implications for early whale bone mass increase and paleoneurology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2025:78.
Gohar AS, Woodward HN, Sallam HM. 2025. Osteohistology of wild and captive black bears (Ursus americanus) reveals life history and regional bone remodeling. International Society for Vertebrate Morphology. UK:14. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70059
Gohar AS, Antar MS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2025. New giant protocetid pelves from the middle Eocene of Egypt: implications for hindlimb evolution in early whales. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2025:272.
Gohar AS, Woodward HN, Antar MS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2025. Tracing the bite: dental histology and feeding evolution in early whales. OSU-CHS Research Week 2025. Tulsa, OK, USA:12.
Salem BS, Saber S, Ouda K, Gohar AS, El-Sayed S, O’Connor PM, Sallam HM. 2025. A middle Campanian dyrosaurid skull from Egypt illuminates the origin and early biogeography of the clade. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2025:542.
Zak C, Rolince E, El-Saka H, McCartney JA, Seiffert E, Borths MR, Sallam HM. 2025. A partially articulated skeleton of a possible dwarf boa (Tropidophiidae) from the early Oligocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2025:678–679.
2024
Al-Ashqar S, Borths M, El-Desouky H, Heritage S, Abed M, Seiffert E, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2024. Reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2024:73.
El-Sayed S, Saber S, Al-Ashqar S, Gohar AS, Salem B, Amin M, El-Saka H, Morsi A, Sallam HM. 2024. Advancements in Egyptian vertebrate paleontology: MUVP’s contributions and future perspectives. North American Paleontological Convention. Michigan, USA:182.
Gohar AS. 2024. Egyptian Eocene cetaceans revealing insights into whale evolution. Annual PaleoFest. Burpee Museum of Natural History. Rockford, USA.
Gohar AS, Antar MS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2024. A new Eocene protocetid whale material from Egypt sheds new light on the early dispersal of cetaceans. North American Paleontological Convention. Michigan, USA:208–209.
Gohar AS, Woodward HN, Antar MS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2024. Chewing the data: insights into archaeocete whale tooth histology and feeding biomechanics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2024:224–225.
Salem BS, Saber S, Ouda K, Gohar AS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2024. A long-snouted dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Campanian Quseir Formation of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2024:476–477.
El-Saka H, Antar MS, Gohar AS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2024. New material of the family Palaeophiidae (Squamata) from the Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2024:186.
2023
Al-Ashqar S, Borths M, Seiffert E, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2023. New dental remains of a large teratodontine (Hyainailouridae, Mammalia) from the Late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2023:69–70.
El-Sayed S, Friedman M, O’Connor P, Sertich J, Seiffert E, Salem B, Sallam HM. 2023. Actinopterygian fish assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) Duwi Formation, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2023:158.
Gohar AS, Antar MS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2023. New juvenile basilosaurid whale materials from the Late Eocene of Egypt provide clues on developmental patterns in stem Cetacea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2023:184–185.
Gorscak E, Lamanna M, Salem BS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2023. Re-evaluation of the gigantic titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Paralititan stromeri from the mid-Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt and its phylogenetic relationships to other exceptionally large titanosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2023:188–189.
Hanning L, Zak C, McCartney J, Lamanna M, Salem BS, El-Saka H, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2023. New material of the early snake Simoliophis (Ophidia, Simoliophiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2023:201–202.
Salem B, Lamanna M, O’Connor P, Thabet W, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2023. A peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Bahariya Formation of the Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2023: 378–379.
2022
Al-Ashqar S, Seiffert E, Borths M, El-Sayed S, Antar M, Sallam HM. 2022. A new late Eocene hystricognathous rodent (Phiomorpha) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2022:63.
Borths MR, Al-Ashqar SF, Sallam HM, Seiffert ER. 2022. The oldest hypercarnivore (Placentalia, Mammalia, Hyaenodonta) from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2022:85.
El-Sayed S, Friedman M, Speijer R, Salem B, Sallam HM. 2022. An early Paleocene (Danian) record of moonfishes (Carangaria: Menidae), with implications for early diversification in carangarian fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2022:130–131.
Gohar AS, Woodward HN, Sallam HM, El-Sayed S, Antar MS. 2022. Osteohistology of Phiomicetus anubis reveals unique life history patterns in early cetaceans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2022:156.
Salem B, O’Connor P, Lamanna M, El-Sayed S, Seiffert E, Sertich J, Sallam HM. 2022. New marine reptile (plesiosaur and mosasaur) fossils from the Upper Campanian Duwi Formation of the Dakhla Oasis area, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2022:292.
2021
Al-Ashqar S, Borths M, Sileem A, El-Sayed S, Seiffert E, Sallam HM. 2021. The cranium of Apterodon (Hyainailouridae, Apterodontinae) from one of the youngest vertebrate-bearing localities (Early Oligocene) in the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2021:45.
El-Hares M, El-Sayed S, Seiffert E, Sallam HM. 2021. A new herpetofaunal assemblage (Agamids and Ranoids) from the Late Eocene locality BQ-2 of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2021:104.
El-Sayed S, Friedman M, Speijer R, Salem B, Sallam HM. 2021. A new marine fish fauna dating to the Latest Danian Event (LDE – 62.2 Ma) of the Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2021:105.
Gohar AS, Antar MS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2021. Frozen in time: uniquely preserved protocetid whale entombed inside decorative limestone from the middle Eocene of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2021:123–124.
Salem B, Lamanna M, O’Connor P, El-Qot G, Shaker F, Thabet W, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2021. The first pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Lower Cenomanian) Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2021:227–228.
Sallam HM, Salem B, Thabet W, El-Sayed S, Lamanna M. 2021. First definitive record of Abelisauridae from the Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt increases diversity of large-bodied theropods in the Middle Cretaceous of northeastern Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2021:226–227.
2020
Al-Ashqar S, Borths M, Seiffert E, El-Sayed S, Antar M, Sallam HM. 2020. A nearly complete cranium of ‘Pterodon’ syrtos and the evolution of Afro-Arabian ‘Pterodon’ (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2020:58–59.
El-Hares M, Zaher H, El-Mekkawy D, El-Sayed S, Seiffert E, Antar M, Sallam HM. 2020. New records of legless squamates from the earliest upper Eocene deposits of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2020:131–132.
El-Sayed S, Friedman M, Anan T, Faris M, Sallam HM. 2020. Diverse marine fish assemblages inhabited the paleotropics during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2020:132.
Gohar AS, Antar MS, Boessenecker RW, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2020. A new protocetid whale (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from the middle Eocene of the Fayum Depression in Egypt sheds new light on raptorial feeding ecology in ancient whales. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2020:154.
Gorscak E, Lamanna MC, Díez Díaz V, Schwarz D, Salem BS, Abu El-Kheir G, Sallam H. 2020. A titanosaurian sauropod from the Campanian Quseir Formation of the Kharga Oasis, Egypt, supports Afroeurasian dinosaur faunal connectivity during the Late Cretaceous. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2020:156.
Saber S, Sertich J, Abu El-Kheir G, O’Connor P, Ouda K, Seiffert E, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2020. The oldest gavialoid crocodyliform (‘thoracosaur’) from the Campanian Quseir Formation of Baris Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2020:287–288.
Salem B, Abu El-Kheir G, Lamanna M, Gorscak E, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2020. New titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur partial skeleton from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of the Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2020:289–290.
2019
Al-Ashqar S, Sallam HM, El-Sayed S, Antar M, Seiffert E. 2019. A review of Fayum Rodentia. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt:20.
Al-Ashqar SF, Sallam HM, El-Sayed S, Seiffert EM. 2019. New phiocricetomyine rodents (Phiomorpha, Hystricognathi) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2019:52–53.
de Vries D, Sallam HM, Seiffert ER. 2019. Dental topographic evolution in rodents across the Eocene–Oligocene boundary in the Fayum Depression. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2019:87–88.
El-Hares MA, Sallam HM, Mekkawy D, El-Sayed S, Seiffert ER. 2019. Ichthyofaunal coprolites from the late Eocene deposits of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2019:94–95.
El-Sayed S, Murray A, Kora M, Antar M, Seiffert ER, Sallam HM. 2019. New percomorph fish from the late Eocene Qasr el-Sagha Formation, Fayum, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2019:95.
Gohar AS, Antar MS, Sabry DA, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2019. The oldest record of basilosaurid whales from Africa and its implications for the early evolution of Pelagiceti (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2019:107.
Gohar AS, Antar MS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2019. A new protocetid whale (Cetacea, Archaeoceti) from the decorative marbleized limestone of the middle Eocene of Egypt. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt:19.
Salem B, Sallam HM, El-Sayed S, Thabet W, Antar M, Lamanna M. 2019. New dinosaur, pterosaur, and crocodyliform fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Bahariya Formation of the Bahariya Oasis, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2019:184–185.
2018
Al-Ashqar ShF, Sallam HM, El-Sayed S, Seiffert ER. 2018. New phiomorph rodent (Hystricognathi) from the upper Eocene of the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt:30–31.
El-Hares MA, Sallam HM, El-Sayed S, Mekkawy D. 2018. Studies on vertebrate coprolites from the Paleogene deposits of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt:32.
El-Sayed S, Friedman M, Sallam HM. 2018. Some like it hot: revealing paleotropical fish diversity during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2018:121.
Gohar AS, Antar MS, El-Sayed S, Sallam HM. 2018. Egyptian Eocene archaeocetes (Mammalia, Cetacea): review and new discoveries. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt:31–32.
Salem BS, Sallam HM, El-Sayed S, Lamanna MC. 2018. New fossil diapsid remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt:31.
Seiffert ER, Sallam HM, El-Sayed S. 2018. Presence of Namalestes (Todralestidae?) in the early Priabonian of Egypt. 5th International Palaeontological Congress. Paris, France:716.
2017
Abu El-Kheir GA, Sallam HM. 2017. A new Late Cretaceous dinosaur-bearing locality from the Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. 9th International Conference on the Geology of Africa.
El-Dawoudi IA, Abuelkhair GA, Darwish MH, Sallam HM. 2017. New dinosaur (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) partial skeleton from the Late Cretaceous of the Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Western Desert, Egypt. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
El-Sayed E, Murray AM, Sallam HM, Gunnell GF, Seiffert ER. 2017. Evidence from catfishes for marine influences at Birket Qarun Locality 2 (BQ-2) in the Fayum Depression, Egypt and the oldest record of Bagridae. 9th International Conference on the Geology of Africa.
El-Sayed E, Murray AM, Sallam HM, Gunnell GF, Seiffert ER. 2017. New catfish (Siluriformes) remains from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation in the Jebel Qatrani area, Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2017:107.
El-Sayed E, Sallam HM. 2017. Review of Cenozoic catfishes from Egypt. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt:28.
Miller ER, Gunnell GF, Sallam HM, Habersetzer J, Seiffert ER. 2017. Towards resolving the morphology and taxonomy of Parapithecus fraasi (Parapithecidae, Anthropoidea) from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2017:163–164.
Sallam HM. 2017. A new Egyptian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Quseir Formation of the Egyptian Western Desert. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
2016
El-Dawoudi I, O’Connor PM, Kora MA, Sallam HM, Sertich JJ. 2016. New dinosaur remains from the Campanian Quseir Formation, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2016:129.
Gunnell GF, Miller ER, Seiffert ER, Sallam HM, Schwartz GT. 2016. Early anthropoid dental eruption and development. 86th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA).
Saber S, Sertich JJ, Sallam HM, Ouda KA, O’Connor PM. 2016. Enigmatic crocodyliform remains from the Upper Cretaceous Quseir Formation of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2016:216.
Seiffert ER, Gunnell GF, Heritage SW, Sallam HM, Boyer DM. 2016. Open access to Fayum primate fossils through the digital data archive MorphoSource. 85th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA).
Sileem AH, Sallam HM, Miller ER, Gunnell GF. 2016. The oldest craniodental remains of Anthracotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Paleogene of Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2016:224–225.
2015
El-Amir MS, Antar MS, Abu El-Kheir GA, Hamdy ES, Sallam HM. 2015. New extraordinarily preserved skeletons of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Wadi El-Hitan area, Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Geological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
El Atfy H, Sallam HM, Jasper A, Uhl D. 2015. The first evidence of palaeo-wildfire from the Late Cretaceous of North Africa. 8th International Conference on the Geology of the Middle East (GME8). Cairo, Egypt.
Hamdy ES, Antar MS, Abu El-Kheir GA, Sallam HM. 2015. New vertebrate finds from the Jebel Qatrani Formation of the Qarun Protected Area, Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
Miller ER, Bown TM, Sileem AH, Sallam HM, Gunnell GF. 2015. Stratigraphic and paleoecological distribution of anthracotheres in the Fayum, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2015:180–181.
Sallam HM, Hamdy E, Antar MS, Abu El-Kheir G. 2015. New vertebrate finds from Jebel Qatrani Formation of the Qarun Protected Area, Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
Sallam HM, El-Amir M, Antar MS, Abu El-Kheir G, Hamdy E. 2015. New extraordinarily preserved skeletons of archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Wadi El-Hitan area, Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
Sileem AH, Sallam HM, Hewaidy AA, Miller ER, Gunnell GF. 2015. Evolution and relationships of late Eocene–early Oligocene anthracotheriids from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
2014 and older
Abdelgawad M, Sertich JJ, Sallam HM, Miller ER, El-Barkooky A, Hamdan M, Gunnell GF. 2014. Reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Wadi Moghra, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2014:77.
El-Sayed SS, Claeson K, Kora MA, Antar MS, Sallam HM. 2014. The first nearly complete neurocranium of a siluriform (catfish) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El Hitan, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2014:125.
Sileem AH, Sallam HM, Hewaidy AA. 2014. The oldest craniodental remains of Anthracotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Paleogene of Africa. 11th International Conference on the Geology of the Arab World. Cairo, Egypt 11.
Sileem AH, Sallam HM, Hewaidy AA. 2014. The postcranial morphology of anthracothere (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Paleogene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt 14.
Abdelgawad MK, Sertich JJ, Sallam HM, Miller ER, El-Barkooky AN, Hamdan MA. 2013. New data on reptile fossils (crocodyliforms and turtles) from the Miocene Moghra Formation, Qattara Depression, Egypt. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
Holloway W, Claeson K, Sertich JJ, Sallam HM, O’Connor PM. 2013. A new specimen of Enchodus (Actinopterygii: Protacanthopterygii) from the Late Cretaceous of Egypt and its contribution to the western Tethyan distribution of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2013:144.
Sallam HM, Sertich JJ, O’Connor PM, Seiffert ER, Faris M. 2013. New vertebrate findings of the Upper Cretaceous succession in the Dakhla and Kharga Oases, Western Desert, Egypt. 7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa.
Sileem AH, Sallam HM, Hewaidy AA. 2013. New genus of anthracothere from the Early Oligocene of the Fayum Depression, northern Egypt. 7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa.
Sallam HM, Antar MS. 2012. A large siluriform catfish from Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
Sallam HM, Seiffert ER, Simons EL. 2011. New genera of hystricognathi (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, northern Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2011:184.
Youssef M, Sallam HM, Friedman M, O’Connor PM, Sertich JJ. 2011. A saurodonid fish from the Late Cretaceous of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2011:218.
O’Connor PM, Sertich JJ, Sallam HM, Seiffert ER. 2010. Reconnaissance paleontology in the Late Cretaceous of Dakhla and Kharga Oases, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2010:141A.
Sallam HM. 2010. Egyptian vertebrate paleontology: present challenges and future prospects. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
Sallam HM, Seiffert ER, Boyer DM, Simons EL. 2010. Postcranial morphology of an anomaluroid rodent from the late Eocene of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2010:155A.
Sertich JJ, Sallam HM, O’Connor PM, Seiffert ER, El-Atfy H. 2010. Vertebrate paleontological reconnaissance in the Late Cretaceous of Dakhla and Kharga Oases, Western Desert, Egypt. The Paleontological Society of Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.