Armbruster's wolf

Armbruster's wolf
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
†C. armbrusteri
Binomial name
†Canis armbrusteri
Range of Armbruster's wolf based on fossil distribution
Timeline of canids with Canis armbrusteri in red. (Tedford & Wang)

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, which replaced it.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference tedford2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The _Blancan, Irvingtonian and Rancholabrean Mammal Ages by Christopher J. Bell and Ernest L. Lundelius Jr., Anthony D. Barnosky, Russell W. Graham, Everett H. Lindsay, Dennis R. Ruez Jr., Holmes A. Semken Jr., S. David Webb, and Richard J. Zakrzewski. January 2004 in the book: Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Biostratigraphy and Geochronology. Chapter: 7. Publisher: Columbia University Press; Editors: Michael O. Woodburne. pp274-276