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Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP)
Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) Organization Team Managed
55 Media · 9 Specimens · Creator: El-Sayed, Sanaa., Sallam, Hesham. · Managed by: Belal Salem, Hesham Sallam

The Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) possesses a large and expanding collection of vertebrate fossils, encompassing a diverse range of taxa including fish, dinosaurs, crocodiles, and mammals. These invaluable specimens have been collected from various chronological periods and geographical localities throughout Egypt. There are some citations of some papers that have been published from the collection: Sallam, H.M., Gorscak, E., O’Connor, P.M., El-Dawoudi, I.A., El-Sayed, S., Saber, S., Kora, M.A., Sertich, J.J., Seiffert, E.R. and Lamanna, M.C., 2018. New Egyptian sauropod reveals Late Cretaceous dinosaur dispersal between Europe and Africa. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(3), pp.445-451. El-Sayed, S.E., Kora, M.A., Sallam, H.M., Claeson, K.M., Seiffert, E.R. and Antar, M.S., 2017. A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt. PLoS One, 12(3), p.e0172409. El-Sayed, S., Friedman, M., Anan, T., Faris, M.A. and Sallam, H., 2021. Diverse marine fish assemblages inhabited the paleotropics during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum. Geology, 49(8), pp.993-998. Gohar, A.S., Antar, M.S., Boessenecker, R.W., Sabry, D.A., El-Sayed, S., Seiffert, E.R., Zalmout, I.S. and Sallam, H.M., 2021. A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1957), p.20211368. Salem, B.S., Lamanna, M.C., O'Connor, P.M., El-Qot, G.M., Shaker, F., Thabet, W.A., El-Sayed, S. and Sallam, H.M., 2022. First definitive record of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous Bahariya Formation, Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt. Royal Society Open Science, 9(6), p.220106.

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000016377 posttemporal-supracleithrum muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2016-09-03 Open Download  
000016384 neurocranium muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2016-09-05 Open Download  
000016376 Scapulo-coracoid muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Mesh 2016-09-03 Open Download  
000591439 Skull Reconstruction 360d Animation of Phiomicetus anubis muvp:500 Phiomicetus anubis Video 2023-12-13 Restricted Download  
000590582 360d Animation Video of Neurocranium and Nuchal plates Reconstruction of Qarmoutus hitanensis muvp:58 Qarmoutus hitanensis Video 2023-12-11 Restricted Download  
000581881 Animated MUVP_180 collective muvp:180 Barissuchus anftawil Video 2023-11-14 Restricted Download  
000600694 Two plaster jackets containig a posterior partial right mandible and a partial posterior mandibular symphysis muvp:180 Barissuchus anftawil Volumetric Image Series 2024-01-30 Restricted Download  
000600681 Plaster Jacket contain Partial skull roof and a partial posterior left mandible muvp:180 Barissuchus anftawil Volumetric Image Series 2024-01-30 Restricted Download  
000600687 Plaster jacket contain partial Maxilla muvp:180 Barissuchus anftawil Volumetric Image Series 2024-01-30 Restricted Download  
000604421 Middle to posterior cervical vertebra muvp:200 Mansourasaurus shahinae Mesh 2024-02-15 Restricted Download  
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