<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Dire wolf Temporal range : Late Pleistocene -- early Holocene ( 125,000 -- 9,000 years ago ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Mounted skeleton , Sternberg Museum of Natural History </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Scientific classification </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kingdom : </Td> <Td> Animalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Phylum : </Td> <Td> Chordata </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Class : </Td> <Td> Mammalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Order : </Td> <Td> Carnivora </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Family : </Td> <Td> Canidae </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Genus : </Td> <Td> Canis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Species : </Td> <Td> † C. dirus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Binomial name </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Canis dirus Leidy , 1858 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Subspecies </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Canis dirus dirus Kurten 1984 </Li> <Li> Canis dirus guildayi Kurten 1984 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Synonyms </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Canis primaevus Leidy ( 1854 ) </Li> <Li> Canis indianensis Leidy ( 1869 ) </Li> <Li> Canis mississippiensis Allen ( 1876 ) </Li> <Li> Canis ayersi Sellards ( 1916 ) </Li> <Li> Aenocyon dirus Merriam ( 1918 ) </Li> <Li> Aenocyon dirus nebrascensis Frick ( 1930 ) ( nomen nudum ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Dire wolf Temporal range : Late Pleistocene -- early Holocene ( 125,000 -- 9,000 years ago ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Mounted skeleton , Sternberg Museum of Natural History </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Scientific classification </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kingdom : </Td> <Td> Animalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Phylum : </Td> <Td> Chordata </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Class : </Td> <Td> Mammalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Order : </Td> <Td> Carnivora </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Family : </Td> <Td> Canidae </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Genus : </Td> <Td> Canis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Species : </Td> <Td> † C. dirus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Binomial name </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Canis dirus Leidy , 1858 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Subspecies </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Canis dirus dirus Kurten 1984 </Li> <Li> Canis dirus guildayi Kurten 1984 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Synonyms </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Canis primaevus Leidy ( 1854 ) </Li> <Li> Canis indianensis Leidy ( 1869 ) </Li> <Li> Canis mississippiensis Allen ( 1876 ) </Li> <Li> Canis ayersi Sellards ( 1916 ) </Li> <Li> Aenocyon dirus Merriam ( 1918 ) </Li> <Li> Aenocyon dirus nebrascensis Frick ( 1930 ) ( nomen nudum ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
how long ago did the dire wolf live
how long ago did the dire wolf live
125,000 -- 9,000 years ago
125,000 -- 9,000 years ago