
Skull (cast) of Canis dirus, the La Brea “dire wolf,” from Valley Anatomical Preparations, Canoga Park, CA. The original specimen is in the collections of the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.

Souvenir postcard from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, showing mounted skeletons of the Ice Age carnivores Canis dirus (top) and the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis.

Postcard from the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, Los Angeles, CA (now referred to as the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum). showing a diorama of a pack of life-sized dire wolves.

