Faunal remains from a Middle Pleistocene lacustrine marl in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt: palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

Vertebrates and invertebrates associated with lithic artifacts are reported from a later middle Pleistocene horizon in Dakhleh Oasis, probably dating to isotope stage 7. This represents the first middle Pleistocene fauna of this stage from a site in the Egyptian Western Desert and demonstrates the presence of extensive permanent lakes along the margin of the Libyan Escarpment. The fauna includes two freshwater snails (Limnaea stagnalis, …