Hesham Sallam
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Full Professor at Mansoura University, Egypt. Founder of Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP)
Mansoura, Egypt
Joined July 2009
Proud moment! MUVP received three recognition awards during the Science Festival at Mansoura University, #Egypt ! @Mansoura_un
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Using CT scans and 3D models made at the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), scientists digitally reconstructed its skull, identifying it as the earliest-diverging dyrosaurid—ancestor to crocs that later crossed the Atlantic.
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With its long snout and sharp conical teeth, Wadisuchus was a fish-hunter thriving in Egypt’s warm coastal waters at the edge of the ancient Tethys Sea — a true apex predator of its time.
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Wadisuchus unearthed from the Campanian Quseir Formation near Kharga Oasis, Wadisuchus bridges a 10-million-year gap in crocodile evolution and represents the earliest record of the Dyrosauridae family in Africa.
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The study, led by Sara Saber (Assiut & Mansoura University), was published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2025). #ZoolJLinnSoc #SallamLab #Wadisuchus #MUVP #Egypt Reconstruction by Nathan Dehaut
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Our new discovery from Egypt’s Western Desert ! Meet Wadisuchus kassabi—an 80-million-year-old crocodile that reveals Africa as the birthplace of seagoing crocs that once ruled ancient coastlines.
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صناعة العلم محتاجة صبر، دأب، وقراءة مستمرة… مفيش طريق مختصر للمعرفة Science is built on patience, persistence, and constant reading… there are no shortcuts to knowledge #سلام_لاب #SallamLab
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Today, Sana El-Sayed kicked off a lecture series about how our center started and the challenges along the way. As someone who lived it all, she passed on the story of struggle and determination that turned the center into a true scientific beacon.
سناء السيد، سنيور طلاب مركز جامعة المنصورة للحفريات الفقارية، بدأت سلسلة محاضرات عن نشأة المركز وتحديات البدايات. وباعتبارها شاهدة عيان على رحلة التأسيس، قدرت توصل للجيل الجديد قصة كفاح وإصرار خلّت المركز منارة علمية في مصر والشرق الأوسط. #سلام_لاب #SallamLab
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