New Egyptian Dinosaur Reveals Ancient Link Between Africa and Europe
The course of dinosaur evolution in Africa has largely remained a mystery. But in the Sahara Desert of Egypt, scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that helps fill in some gaps in the fossil record of dinosaurs in Africa: Mansourasaurus shahinae, a school-bus-length, long-necked plant-eater with bony plates embedded in its skin.
Exploration for Early Anthropoids and other Primates in Western Egypt
Part of the collection of crocodile fossils. Photo credit: Erik Seiffert.
Erik Seiffert is an associate professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University. He was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant in 2006 for his project entitled “Exploration for Early Anthropoids and other Primates in Western Egypt.”
Prompted by studies suggesting that anthropoid colonization of Afro-Arabia