Detail View: Alabama Biodiversity Database: Canis dirus

MSC Number: 
MSC 06439.2
Inv. Category: 
RMM
Inv. Number: 
6439
Discipline: 
Paleontology
Name: 
Canis dirus
Authority: 
Leidy, 1858
Common Name: 
Dire wolf
Sex: 
Unknown
Lifestage: 
Adult
Element: 
5th Metatarsal
Side: 
Left
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Mammalia
Order: 
Carnivora
Family: 
Canidae
Genus: 
Canis
Species: 
dirus
Site Number: 
ACb-3
County: 
Colbert County
State: 
Alabama
Country: 
United States
Continent: 
North America
Horizon: 
Unit C2
Member: 
N/A
Formation: 
N/A
Group or Complex: 
N/A
Specimen Age: 
Sangmonian to Wisconsinan
Eon: 
Phanerozoic
Era: 
Cenozoic
Period: 
Quaternary
Sub-Period: 
N/A
Epoch: 
Pleistocene
Stage: 
Upper Pleistocene
Collected By: 
Museum Expedition
Day Collected: 
25
Month Collected: 
June
Year Collected: 
1987
Identified By: 
James Lamb
Last Date Modified: 
7/16/2015
Modified By: 
Jun Ebersole
Car.: 
4B
Sec.: 
2
Tray: 
Not assigned
Status: 
In storage
Quantity: 
1
Notes: 
Silver, trench 1, meter 1, south pit
Field Number: 
Not available
Publication: 
Unpublished