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The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus[10] / iːˈnɒsaɪ.ɒn ˈdaɪrəs /) is an extinct canine. The dire wolf lived in the Americas (with a possible single record also known from East Asia) during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,500 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen had been found.
Designated. 1964. Small tar pit. La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.
Modern wolves are notably rarer at La Brea than the slightly larger dire wolves. One particular fossil preserves the femur of a wolf that survived a traumatic injury. The nature of the fossil suggests that the wolf's leg was either broken and developed a pseudarthrosis or that the leg was entirely amputated and healed. Such an injury could have ...
The site is known for its many fossil quarries (referred to as "pits") where animals, plants and insects have gotten stuck and preserved in asphalt over the last 50,000 years. ... a pack of dire ...
Canis edwardii, also known as Edward's wolf, [ 2 ] is an extinct species of wolf in the genus Canis which was endemic to North America three million years ago from the Late Blancan stage of the Pliocene epoch and was extinct by the end of the Irvingtonian stage of the Pleistocene epoch. [ 3 ]: p4. Timeline of Canis edwardii in red.
Illustration of a Pleistocene wolf cranium that was found in Kents Cavern, Torquay, England [ 1 ] It is widely agreed that the evolutionary lineage of the grey wolf can be traced back 2 million years to the Early Pleistocene species Canis etruscus, and its successor the Middle Pleistocene Canis mosbachensis. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The grey wolf Canis lupus ...
Website. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a United States National Monument near Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was established in 2014 to protect Ice Age paleontological discoveries. The 22,650-acre (9,170 ha) monument is administered by the National Park Service.
Armbruster's wolf (Canis armbrusteri) is an extinct species that was endemic to North America and lived during the Irvingtonian stage [1] of the Pleistocene epoch, spanning from 1.9 Mya —250,000 years BP. [2] It is notable because it is proposed as the ancestor of one of the most famous prehistoric carnivores in North America, the dire wolf ...