. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, £'o. Calif. Aca]). of Sciences Oanis dirus. Stock et. PLATE 8 Canis (Aenocyon) dirus Leidy. Skeleton as viewed from left side; approximately 1/14 natural size. Los Angeles County Museum collec- tion; Rancho La Brea Pleistocene. Specimen prepared by B. J. Fischer. Concluding remarks: In 1918 INIerriam' established the genus Aenocyon as distinct from Canis, to include the three species, dirus, milleri, and ayersi. The characters given for the^ genus related exclusively to the skul
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, £'o. Calif. Aca]). of Sciences Oanis dirus. Stock et. PLATE 8 Canis (Aenocyon) dirus Leidy. Skeleton as viewed from left side; approximately 1/14 natural size. Los Angeles County Museum collec- tion; Rancho La Brea Pleistocene. Specimen prepared by B. J. Fischer. Concluding remarks: In 1918 INIerriam' established the genus Aenocyon as distinct from Canis, to include the three species, dirus, milleri, and ayersi. The characters given for the^ genus related exclusively to the skull and dentition, although Merriam stated that probably additional features would be found in the skeleton based on other material than that collected in the tar deposits of Rancho La Brea. Thus far, however, only the dire wolf from the latter locality is known by mounted skeletons. Furthermore, some doubt has been cast upon the validity of the species Aenocyon milleri from Rancho La Brea. Some authors have come to regard the dire wolf as not generically distinct from Canis. However, on the basis of the skull characters stated by Merriam and on the skeletal features given in the present paper it seems desirable to retain Aenocyon as of at least subgeneric rank. The common dire wolf of Rancho La Brea may then be known as Canis {Aenocyon) dirus Leidy. -Merriam, 533, 1918. J. C, Univ. Calif. Pub!., Bull. Dept. Geol., vol. 10. no. 27, pp, 531- Contribution No. 394, Division of the Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology. 109. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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