Ice Age Canada was home to Dire Wolves, study confirms.
A fossil of a dire wolf, an Ice Age predator featured in Game of Thrones, has been confirmed as the first of its kind found in Canada. The specimen, found near Medicine Hat in southern Alberta, was tentatively identified decades ago, but a team from the Royal Ontario Museum used new technology to finally confirm it. The entire specimen, which is between 25,000 and 50,000 years old, consists of one jaw, badly crushed, with some remaining teeth. The discovery adds to our understanding of what the Ice Age looked like in Canada.