For the first time, Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP) joins Guinness World Record

Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP)  has achieved a global milestone by announcing its entry into the Guinness World Records, for possessing the smallest fossil of ancient whales from the royal family of the ancient seas, represented by the fossil " Tutcetus rayanensis ", which was named in honor of King Tutankhamun, after its discovery in rocks dating back 41 million years in Egypt.

The name of the new whale draws inspiration from Egyptian history and the discovery’s locale. Tutcetus combines "Tut" — referring to the famous adolescent Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun — and "cetus," Greek for whale.

Prof.Dr. Cherif Youssef Khater, President of Mansoura University, extended his sincere congratulations to the scientist Prof.Dr. Hesham Salam, Professor at the Faculty of Science at Mansoura University and founder of the Vertebrate Paleontology Center at the University, and the center's work team for this great achievement, stressing that the join of one of the university's distinguished scientific centers into the Guinness World Records for the first time in the university's history is a great success and unprecedented excellence for scientific research, which is full of many scientific and research achievements, that will raise the name of Mansoura University in all local, regional and international forums to lead with all competence in the field of global competition in research and leadership in innovation to occupy the position it aspires to.