Hesham Sallam

Hesham Sallam (; born 1975) is an Egyptian paleontologist and the founder of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), 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.

Biography

Hesham Sallam was born in 1975 in Sharkia, Egypt. 2025 Wadisuchus kassabi gen. et sp. nov. Saber, Salem, Ouda, Gohar, El-Sayed, O'Connor, & Sallam 2024 Eliwourus topernawiensis gen. et sp. nov. Seiffert, Heritage, De Vries, Sallam, Vitek, Aoron, & Princehouse 2023 Tutcetus rayanensis gen. et sp. nov. Antar, Gohar, El-Desouky, Seiffert, El-Sayed, Claxton, & Sallam 2022 Igai semkhu gen. et sp. nov. Gorscak, Lamanna, Schwarz, Díaz, Salem, Sallam, & Wiechmann 2021 Qatranimys safroutus gen. et sp. nov. Al-Ashqar, Seiffert, De Vries, El-Sayed, Antar, & Sallam 2021 Phiomicetus anubis gen. et sp. nov. Gohar, Antar, Boessenecker, Sabry, El-Sayed, Seiffert, Zalmout, & Sallam 2018 Mansourasaurus shahinae gen. et sp. nov. Sallam, Gorscak, O'Connor, El-Dawoudi, El-Sayed, Saber, Kora, Sertich, Seiffert, & Lamanna 2017 Qarmoutus hitanensis gen. et sp. nov. El-Sayed, Kora, Sallam, Claeson, Seiffert, & Antar 2017 Enchodus tineidae sp. nov. Holloway, Claeson, Sallam, El-Sayed, Kora, Sertich, & O'Connor 2012 Acritophiomys bowni gen. et sp. nov. Sallam, Seiffert, & Simons 2010 Kabirmys qarunensis gen. et sp. nov. Sallam, Seiffert, Simons, & Brindley 2010 Nosmips aenigmaticus gen. et sp. nov. Seiffert, Simons, Boyer, Perry, Ryan, & Sallam

Selected publications

New adapiform primate fossils from the late Eocene of Egypt.(vol 29, pg 1, 2017), ER Seiffert, DM Boyer, JG Fleagle, GF Gunnell… - HISTORICAL BIOLOGY, 2017 A new species of the neopterygian fish Enchodus from the Duwi Formation, Campanian, Late Cretaceous, Western Desert, central Egypt, WL Holloway, KM Claeson, HM Sallam, S El-Sayed… - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2017 A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt, SE El-Sayed, MA Kora, HM Sallam, KM Claeson… - PLoS One, 2017. Erik R. Seiffert, Doug M. Boyer, John G. Fleagle, Gregg F. Gunnell, Christopher P. Heesy, Jonathan M. G. Perry & Hesham M. Sallam (2018) New adapiform primate fossils from the late Eocene of Egypt, Historical Biology, 30:1-2, 204-226, Patterns of dental emergence in early anthropoid primates from the Fayum Depression, Egypt, GF Gunnell, ER Miller, ER Seiffert, HM Sallam… - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL …, Pages 157-165 | Received 19 Jan 2017, Accepted 08 Feb 2017, Published online: 21 Feb 2017 A new anthracothere (Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene, Fayum, Egypt, and the mystery of African 'Rhagatherium'solved, AH Sileem, HM Sallam, AGA Hewaidy, ER Miller… - Journal of Paleontology, 2016 Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding, S Heritage, D Fernández, HM Sallam, DT Cronin… - PeerJ, 2016 Vertebrate paleontological exploration of the Upper Cretaceous succession in the Dakhla and Kharga Oases, Western Desert, Egypt, HM Sallam, PM O'Connor, M Kora, JJW Sertich… - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2016 Open access to Fayum primate fossils through the digital data archive MorphoSource, ER Seiffert, GF Gunnell, SW Heritage, HM Sallam… - Am. J. Phys. Anthropol, 2016 Sallam HM, 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 4:e1717 The first evidence of paleo-wildfire from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of North Africa, H El Atfy, H Sallam, A Jasper, D Uhl - Cretaceous Research, 2016 Deciduous dentition and dental eruption sequence of Bothriogenys fraasi (Anthracotheriidae, Artiodactyla) from the Fayum Depression, Egypt, HM Sallam, AH Sileem, ER Miller, GF Gunnell - Palaeontologia electronica, 2016 Anthracotheres (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the upper-most horizon of the Jebel Qatrani formation, latest Early Oligocene, Fayum depression, Egypt, AH Sileem, HM Sallam, AA Hewaidy, GF Gunnell… - Egyptian Journal of Paleontology, 2015 THE FIRST NEARLY COMPLETE NEUROCRANIUM OF A SILURIFORM (CATFISH) FROM THE UPPER EOCENE BIRKET QARUN FORMATION, WADI EL-HITAN, EGYPT SE EL-SAYED, KM CLAESON, MA KORA, MS ANTAR, HM SALLAM. (2014) A revision of the Upper Cretaceous lepidosirenid lungfishes from the Quseir Formation, Western Desert, central Egypt, KM Claeson, HM Sallam, PM O'Connor, JJW Sertich - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2014 Claeson Kerin; Sallam Hesham; O'Connor Patrick; Sertich Joseph. (2013) A Revision of the Upper Cretaceous lepidosirenid lungfishes from the Quseir Formation Western Desert Central Egypt (presently being given full consideration for publication in Jo. Jouranal of Vertebrate Paleontology A saurodontid fish from the Late Cretaceous of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt M Youssef, H Sallam, M Friedman, P O'Connor… - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2011 NEW GENERA OF HYSTRICOGNATHI (RODENTIA, MAMMALIA) FROM THE LATE EOCENE OF THE FAYUM DEPRESSION, NORTHERN EGYPT, H Sallam, E Seiffert, E Simons - JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 2011 Craniodental morphology and systematics of a new family of hystricognathous rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt, HM Sallam, ER Seiffert, EL Simons - PLoS One, 2011 A large-bodied anomaluroid rodent from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt: Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications.Sallam HM Seiffert ER Simons EL and Brindley C (2010). Craniodental morphology and systematics of a new family of hystricognathous rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt, HM Sallam, ER Seiffert, EL Simons - PLoS One, 2011 A fossil primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt ER Seiffert, EL Simons, DM Boyer, JMG Perry, TM Ryan, HM Sallam Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (21), 9712-9717. Sallam HM Seiffert ER and Simons EL (2010) A highly derived anomalurid rodent from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt Fossil and molecular evidence constrain scenarios for the early evolutionary and biogeographic history of hystricognathous rodents Hesham M. Sallam, Erik R. Seiffert, Michael E. Steiper, Elwyn L. Simons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Sep 2009, 106 (39) 16722-16727; doi:10.1073/pnas.0908702106 The first evidence of palaeo-wildfire from the Late Cretaceous of North Africa, H El Atfy, H Sallam, A Jasper, D Uhl. The first nearly complete neurocranium of a siluriform (catfish) from the Upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt, SE EL-SAYED, KM CLAESON, MA KORA, MS ANTAR, Stratigraphy and microfacies of the Senonian succession in west-central Sinai, Egypt, M Kora, H Hamama, H Sallam - Egyptian Journal Geology, 2003. Senonian macrofauna from west-central Sinai: biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography, M Kora, H Hamama, H Sallam - Egyptian Journal of Paleontology. 2002 Kora M Hamama H and Sallam H (2002) Senonian macrofauna from west-central Sinai: biostratigraphy and biogeography Kora M Hamama H and Sallam H (2002) Stratigraphy and microfacies of the Senonian in west-central Sinai Egypt