Discovering Tutcetus rayanensis: Egyptian Paleontologists with Holotype Fossils (IMAGE)

Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP)

Discovering Tutcetus rayanensis: Egyptian Paleontologists with Holotype Fossils

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The Egyptian paleontologists Abdullah Gohar, Mohamed Sameh, and Hesham Sallam (from left) next to the holotype fossils of the newly identified basilosaurid whale, Tutcetus rayanensis, at Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center.

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Hesham Sallam - Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center

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