Late Pleistocene
Then he had accidentally stepped foot on the hunting grounds which belonged to a tribe of dire wolves.
City of Light: Chapter 14
Lyndis often selected the subtle and fresh scent of cherry blossoms; it brought back memories of rides atop the horse sized dire wolves through the pink flower adorned branches around her home of tregaron.
Arvians - Grey & The First Hunt
Thick, padded tracks, easily the size of a dire wolf or an iron boar circled the ground seemingly at random, as if the predator had paced around its kill, or perhaps played with it before it died. the thought made grey wince in sympathy.
Tales of Morveria: Paradise Found
The mighty quill-bears, the packs of dire wolves, the drakozhai, also known as the desert raptors or “sand-skimmers,” and even the slivaya, the terrifying but relatively peaceful beasts who blend in with the very ground and stone around them.
Scales and Honor- Swirling Storm: Chapter 22
The dragon chuckled as he strode from the table and started to bring himself towards the street bustling with people and filled with the passing of carts pulled by well kept dire wolves.
Emperor's Shadow: Chapter 10
“did drenedar turn the dire wolves to slaves? or the lumarians to the horses? i have _tamed_ the beasts vishta, don’t go and sullying my feats with your crude descriptions. leave them as they are, wonderous feats that one should marvel over.
Like an Arrow
"you must remember that not too long before that, she had been told that a dire wolfess had no place other than in a brothel." he sighed again, more deeply. "rather than creating the utopia she'd dreamed of, she's reversed the scale on herself.
Solholm's Incident - Chapter VII
It appeared on the far side of the fields, lumbering on all fours with the remaining strength and willpower of a beaten up dire wolf.
Bahamut's Light: Chapter 42
By their side were horse sized dire wolves, strapped in armor, riders with lances all more than ready to tear apart the dead, they were joined by war pegasai, wings twitching, eager to take flight.
Scales and Honor- Swirling Storm: Chapter 20
It was connected by fine black leather leashes to two sturdy and large looking dire wolves with fur of amber. ramakox took a breath and found the smell of lilacs wafting through the air, coming from the twin canines.
Daemon - Chapter 16 (Tanjarr)
I kept my travel hood of my new dire wolf cloak up as we walked through the village, so as not to attract the wrong kind of attention.
Michael and Amanda, Chapter 4
Every known species of placental, marsupial and monotreme mammal was genetically altered into a human/animal hybrid, known as humanimals, even extinct animals, such as thylacines, smilodons, dinofelises, dire wolves, etc., were brought back and altered.