11/27/2024
Ep #80 Walking Egyptian Whales from the Sahara with Dr. Hesham Sallam
Dave travels to Cairo, Egypt, for a fascinating interview with Dr. Hesham Sallam, Egypt's leading paleontologist and founder of the country's first Vertebrate Paleontology Center. As a fellow Paleo Nerd, Dr. Sallam shares insights into his groundbreaking work, his efforts to bring more women into the field, and the thrilling discoveries shaping Egypt's prehistoric story.
Ep 80 Paleo Nerds with Hesham Sallam
PRE INTERVIEW LINKS
Elephant Hall at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln
A “Shovel Tusker” Elephant is not a Gomphothere, but an Amebelodont
Ray’s favorite Hell Pig -The Dinohyus
Hell pig-you wouldn’t want to meet this dude unarmed!
The Chalicothere, a Horse ancestor with claws (video)
Ashfall Fossil beds
INTERVIEW LINKS
Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP)
Dakhla Oasis in Western Egypt
The Late Cretaceous Quseir Formation
2011 Egyptian Revolution the “Arab Spring”
Hesham’s student, Sara Saber and Sanaa El Sayed, who unearthed Mansourasaurus
Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, The Valley of the Whales
The Fayum Depression; Eocene and Oligocene fossils-a Paper by Hesham
Monoclines and Anticlines geological structures
Nummulites are marine protozoans
Nummulitic Limestone (It’s what the Great pyramid is made of)
Philip Gingerich on the origin of and early evolution of whales
Tutcetus the boy king walking whale, (He died young…)
Phiomicetus, one of the early 4 legged walking whales
MUSIC
Solar Sway by Don Kenoyer from the album Cloud Chamber
Sound Waves by the Ratfish Wranglers
Whorl Tooth Sharks of Idaho by Three Trails West