Fruitbat Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Dire wolves (Canis dirus) are very common in the fauna of the La Brea tar pits in California and remains of this robust wolf are frequently found in other Pleistocene localities around the United States. This is the only example I know of a partial skull that I attribute to this taxon from the Dallas area of north-central Texas. I collected this fossil quite some time ago in a disturbed area at a local gravel pit. It compares favorably to numerous C. dirus skulls that I was allowed to examine at the Page Museum at La Brea and to some other C. dirus material that I examined at the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin,TX. I have also included a sketch from my field notebook of this fossil. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Awesome skull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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