Fossil remains from an extinct wolf species found near Las Vegas are the first evidence the ice age mammal once lived in Nevada, researchers say.

Researchers studying the fossil-rich Upper Las Vegas Wash found the first evidence that an extinct, ice age wolf species once lived in Nevada, officials from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas announced this week.

Dr. Libby Hausrath is an assistant professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where she studies chemical weathering of basalts and phosphate mobility on Mars.