Hesham Sallam (; born 1975) is an Egyptianpaleontologist and the founder of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP-C), the first vertebrate paleontology program in the Middle East. He works as a full professor at Mansoura University. Sallam led the discovery and description of ''Mansourasaurus shahinae'', a species of sauropod dinosaur from Egypt, which has improved understanding of the prehistory of Africa during the latest Cretaceous period. His work has helped popularize paleontology in Egypt.
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Hesham Sallam (; born 1975) is an Egyptian paleontologist and the founder of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP-C), the first vertebrate paleontology program in the Middle East. He works as a full professor at Mansoura University. Sallam led the discovery and description of ''Mansourasaurus shahinae'', a species of sauropod dinosaur from Egypt, which has improved understanding of the prehistory of Africa during the latest Cretaceous period. His work has helped popularize paleontology in Egypt.
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