Which Los Angeles fossil site has yielded the largest collection of dire wolf fossils?

The Los Angeles fossil site that has yielded the largest collection of dire wolf fossils is the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits.

Located in present-day Hancock Park, the La Brea deposits formed as natural asphalt seeped to the surface in the Los Angeles Basin. Animals became trapped in the sticky asphalt, and the remains of predators were often preserved alongside those of their prey. Dire wolves were among the most abundant carnivores recovered there.

The site has produced more than 4,000 dire-wolf individuals, making it an exceptional record of the species. Dire wolves outnumber gray wolves at La Brea by more than 100 to one, although the exact ratios depend on how specimens and individuals are counted. The deposits also preserve saber-toothed cats, American lions, mammoths, bison, horses, and ground sloths.

“Rancho La Brea Tar Pits” and “La Brea Tar Pits” refer to the same famous Los Angeles fossil locality. The other options are important archaeological or fossil sites, but they are not the canonical Los Angeles source for dire wolf remains.