Dire wolf
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The dire wolf is an extinct species of canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs. The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen
Canis dirus Sternberg Museum
Display at the Page Museum of 404 dire wolf skulls found in the La Brea Tar Pits
Life restoration by Erwin S. Christman, 1916
Gray wolf skeleton (left) and dire wolf skeleton
La Brea Tar Pits
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The La Brea Tar Pits constitute an active paleontological research site located in urban Los Angeles, California, United States. Hancock Park was established around a cluster of tar pits formed by nat
Dire wolf
…dirus dirus, but this assignment has been recently considered questionable. The largest collection of its fossils has been obtained from the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Dire wolf remains have been found across a broad range of habitats including plains, grasslands, and some forested mountain areas of…
Methane gas bubble emerging at La Brea Tar Pits (2004)
Small tar pit
Illustration of several species getting mired in the tar pits
The Tar Pits in 1910. Oil derricks can be seen in the background.