Hesham Sallam Explained

Hesham Sallam
Native Name:هشام سلام
Native Name Lang:arabic
Nationality:Egyptian
Fields:Vertebrate Paleontology
Workplaces:American University in CairoMansoura University
Education:Mansoura University, Oxford University
Thesis1 Title:Late Eocene rodents from Fayum Depression, Egypt: taxonomic, phylogenetic, and biogeographic implications
Thesis2 Title:The Senonian macrofauna of west-central Sinai: Systematic and stratigraphic distribution
Thesis1 Url:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299871382_Late_Eocene_Rodents_from_The_Fayum_Depression_Egypt_Taxonomic_Phylogeny_and_Biogeographic_Implications
Thesis2 Url:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hesham_Sallam/publication/299983055_THE_SENONIAN_MACROFAUNA_OF_WEST-CENTRAL_SINAI_SYSTEMATICS_AND_STRATIGRAPHIC_DISTRIBUTION/links/5707b0c008ae2eb9421bd4a5/THE-SENONIAN-MACROFAUNA-OF-WEST-CENTRAL-SINAI-SYSTEMATICS-AND-STRATIGRAPHIC-DISTRIBUTION.pdf
Thesis1 Year:2010
Thesis2 Year:2002
Doctoral Advisor:Erik Seiffert; Stephen Hesselbo
Known For:Mansourasaurus
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Hesham Sallam (Arabic: هشام سلام; 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 an associate professor at the American University in Cairo and 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.

Biography

Hesham Sallam was born in 1975 in Sharkia, Egypt. He received a bachelor's degree in geology from Mansoura University in 1997. He was a visiting scholar at Stony Brook University from 2008 to 2010, during which time he began planning what would become the MUVP. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 2010, which made him the first Egyptian to have earned a doctorate in vertebrate paleontology in several decades. After completing his Ph.D., he returned to Egypt, where he worked at Mansoura University and founded the MUVP. Sallam is a professor at both the School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo (AUC) and at the Department of Geology, Mansoura University, Egypt. the American University in Cairo and Mansoura University. In December 2013, Sallam and several graduate students found the partial skeleton of a dinosaur at the Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. In February 2014 they returned to the site to excavate the specimen, which took 21 days. Sallam led a team of Egyptian and American paleontologists in describing the specimen, which was announced as belonging to a new species of sauropod, Mansourasaurus shahinae, in January 2018. The holotype specimen of Mansourasaurus is the most complete fossil of a terrestrial animal from the post-Cenomanian Cretaceous in mainland Africa, a period of nearly 30 million years which otherwise has a poorly-known fossil record in Africa. Mansourasaurus is closely related to European species, providing evidence that Africa was not entirely geographically isolated during the Late Cretaceous. The discovery attracted considerable media attention and has helped popularize paleontology in Egypt.

Sallam has been described as one of the most significant paleontologists in the Middle East. The MUVP is the first Middle Eastern research program dedicated to vertebrate paleontology. While fossils have been found in Egypt for over a century, prior to Sallam's founding of the MUVP, vertebrate paleontology research in Egypt was primarily conducted by foreigners. Sallam hopes to change that, using the MUVP both for public outreach and training the next generation of Egyptian vertebrate paleontologists. One of Sallam's students, Sanaa El-Sayed, is the first woman from the Middle East to have been the lead author on an internationally-published vertebrate paleontology research paper.

Selected publications

External links

https://www.facebook.com/hesham.sallam Facebook Page

Notes and References

  1. Seiffert. Erik R.. Boyer. Doug M.. Fleagle. John G.. Gunnell. Gregg F.. Heesy. Christopher P.. Perry. Jonathan M. G.. Sallam. Hesham M.. 2018-02-17. New adapiform primate fossils from the late Eocene of Egypt. Historical Biology. 30. 1–2. 204–226. 10.1080/08912963.2017.1306522. 89631627. 0891-2963.
  2. Holloway. W. Claeson. Kerin. Sallam. H.. El-Sayed. S.. Kora. M.. Sertich. J.. O'Connor. P.. 2017-01-01. A New Species of the Neopterygian Fish Enchodus from the Duwi Formation, Campanian, Late Cretaceous, Western Desert, Central Egypt. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 62. 3. 603–611. 10.4202/app.00331.2016. 44167666. free.
  3. El-Sayed. Sanaa E.. Kora. Mahmoud A.. Sallam. Hesham M.. Claeson. Kerin M.. Seiffert. Erik R.. Antar. Mohammed S.. 2017-03-01. A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt. PLOS ONE. en. 12. 3. e0172409. 10.1371/journal.pone.0172409. 1932-6203. 5332075. 28248973. 2017PLoSO..1272409E. free.
  4. Asher. Robert J.. Gunnell. Gregg F.. Seiffert. Erik R.. Pattinson. David. Tabuce. Rodolphe. Hautier. Lionel. Sallam. Hesham M.. 2017-05-04. Dental eruption and growth in Hyracoidea (Mammalia, Afrotheria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37. 3. e1317638. 10.1080/02724634.2017.1317638. 2017JVPal..37E7638A . 90947435. 0272-4634.
  5. Miller. Ellen R.. Gunnell. Gregg F.. Seiffert. Erik R.. Sallam. Hesham. Schwartz. Gary T.. 2018-02-17. Patterns of dental emergence in early anthropoid primates from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Historical Biology. 30. 1–2. 157–165. 10.1080/08912963.2017.1294169. 90858558. 0891-2963.
  6. Sileem. Afifi H.. Sallam. Hesham M.. Hewaidy. Abdel Galil A.. Miller. Ellen R.. Gunnell. Gregg F.. January 2016. A new anthracothere (Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene, Fayum, Egypt, and the mystery of African 'Rhagatherium' solved. Journal of Paleontology. 90 1 January 2016. 1. 170–181. 10.1017/jpa.2016.13. 2016JPal...90..170S . 132618649. 0022-3360.
  7. Heritage. Steven. Fernández. David. Sallam. Hesham M.. Cronin. Drew T.. Echube. José Manuel Esara. Seiffert. Erik R.. 2016-08-16. Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding. PeerJ. en. 4. e2320. 10.7717/peerj.2320. 27602286. 4991859. 2167-8359. free.
  8. Sallam. Hesham M.. O'Connor. Patrick M.. Kora. Mahmoud. Sertich. Joseph J. W.. Seiffert. Erik R.. Faris. Mahmoud. Ouda. Khaled. El-Dawoudi. Iman. Saber. Sara. El-Sayed. Sanaa. 2016-05-01. Vertebrate paleontological exploration of the Upper Cretaceous succession in the Dakhla and Kharga Oases, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences. en. 117. 223–234. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.01.022. 2016JAfES.117..223S. 1464-343X. free.
  9. Web site: Open access to Fayum primate fossils through the digital data archive MorphoSource.
  10. Sallam. Hesham M.. Seiffert. Erik R.. 2016-03-01. 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. en. 4. e1717. 10.7717/peerj.1717. 26966657. 4782727. 2167-8359. free.
  11. 2016-01-01. The first evidence of paleo-wildfire from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of North Africa. Cretaceous Research. en. 57. 306–310. 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.09.012. 0195-6671. El Atfy. Haytham. Sallam. Hesham. Jasper. André. Uhl. Dieter. 2016CrRes..57..306E .
  12. Deciduous dentition and dental eruption sequence of Bothriogenys fraasi (Anthracotheriidae, Artiodactyla) from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. 2016. 10.26879/646. 163157185. Sallam. H.. Sileem. A.. Mille. E.. Gunnell. G.. Palaeontologia Electronica. free.
  13. Web site: Anthracotheres (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the upper-most horizon of the Jebel Qatrani formation, latest Early Oligocene, Fayum depression, Egypt.
  14. Web site: THE FIRST NEARLY COMPLETE NEUROCRANIUM OF A SILURIFORM (CATFISH) FROM THE UPPER EOCENE BIRKET QARUN FORMATION, WADI EL-HITAN, EGYPT.
  15. Claeson. Kerin M.. Sallam. Hesham M.. O’Connor. Patrick M.. Sertich. Joseph J. W.. 2014-06-07. A revision of the Upper Cretaceous lepidosirenid lungfishes from the Quseir Formation, Western Desert, central Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34. 4. 760–766. 10.1080/02724634.2014.838574. 2014JVPal..34..760C . 17120150. 0272-4634.
  16. A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. 2012. 10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6. Sallam. Hesham M.. Seiffert. Erik R.. Simons. Elwyn L.. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 131. 2. 283–301. 84516606.
  17. Web site: A saurodontid fish from the Late Cretaceous of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt.
  18. Web site: NEW GENERA OF HYSTRICOGNATHI (RODENTIA, MAMMALIA) FROM THE LATE EOCENE OF THE FAYUM DEPRESSION, NORTHERN EGYPT.
  19. Sallam. Hesham M.. Seiffert. Erik R.. Simons. Elwyn L.. 2011-02-22. Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt. PLOS ONE. en. 6. 2. e16525. 10.1371/journal.pone.0016525. 1932-6203. 3043065. 21364934. 2011PLoSO...616525S. free.
  20. Web site: A Large-Bodied Anomaluroid Rodent from the Earliest Late Eocene of Egypt: Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications.
  21. Sallam. Hesham M.. Seiffert. Erik R.. Simons. Elwyn L.. 2010. A highly derived anomalurid rodent (Mammalia) from the earliest Late Eocene of Egypt. Palaeontology. en. 53. 4. 803–813. 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00962.x. 2010Palgy..53..803S . 128400505 . 1475-4983. free.
  22. Seiffert. Erik R.. Simons. Elwyn L.. Boyer. Doug M.. Perry. Jonathan M. G.. Ryan. Timothy M.. Sallam. Hesham M.. 2010-05-25. A fossil primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. en. 107. 21. 9712–9717. 10.1073/pnas.1001393107. 0027-8424. 20457923. 2906843. 2010PNAS..107.9712S. free.
  23. Late eocene rodents from The Fayum Depression, Egypt : Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and biogeographic implications. Oxford University. 2010. Ph.D.. Hesham Mohamed Elewa. Sallam.
  24. Sallam. Hesham M.. Seiffert. Erik R.. Steiper. Michael E.. Simons. Elwyn L.. 2009-09-29. Fossil and molecular evidence constrain scenarios for the early evolutionary and biogeographic history of hystricognathous rodents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. en. 106. 39. 16722–16727. 10.1073/pnas.0908702106. 0027-8424. 19805363. 2757825. 2009PNAS..10616722S. free.
  25. Web site: The first evidence of palaeo-wildfire from the Late Cretaceous of North Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518030012/https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/39783344/The_first_evidence_of_palaeo-wildfire_fr20151107-5904-vg2rxl.pdf?1446932719=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DThe_first_evidence_of_palaeo_wildfire_fr.pdf&Expires=1621308794&Signature=CrKNj5KAcsvtsVukIoxcmehJbiHxfBPlb2fCdt1Agx~hJCJ5nCTJjBdK7aCa4M5pPKwj5bpNkMVT5yZfR-4qel15RwuLTdBw7JfO9MFYm3Y~h4RzPNiTdBaurJHm2H9T70VNg-DXYY~AA-w41d-HAM5rcg1Jsy6a8hqlTqEjUQcz0InPtmukr-zWobD1cBmeAA0MAV3D0F5v1eE11yPc3XBBMx~iMLDGi-oCG3XPHu1U9C-807qVL0DBQ0JuvbzTIdjyVvlcc9DZEWWlG2bcwoXwZN9wPTWcVnTiRnRhZEoJwGgq34N1Rc7VCEFXxNsK~g76GZNy5isoRyHk17iDNg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA. 2021-05-18. live.
  26. Web site: Stratigraphy and microfacies of the Senonian succession in west-central Sinai, Egypt.
  27. Web site: SENONIAN MACROFAUNA FROM WEST-CENTRAL SINAI: BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY.
  28. Web site: Senonian macrofauna from west-central Sinai: biostratigraphy and biogeography.

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