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The '''Thornton Wolf''' is the name given to the remains of a wolf, dating to the Ice age, which were discovered in the garden of a home in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, in 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2015-05-27 |title='Ice Age' wolf bones found in Thornton Cleveleys garden |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-32881164 |access-date=2022-09-16}}</ref>
The bones were given to Manchester Museum, whose experts carried out radiocarbon-dating tests to confirm its age, estimated to be around 20,000 years. The animal's entire skeleton was present.<ref name=":0" />
The remains were found by Simon Ferguson and his sons Richard and Adam.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Father digs up garden to build duck pond and finds prehistoric wolf skeleton |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/11620376/Father-digs-up-garden-to-build-duck-pond-and-finds-prehistoric-wolf-skeleton.html |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=21 May 2015 }}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}} {{dog-stub}}{{England-stub}} Category:Archaeological sites in Lancashire Category:History of Lancashire Category:Borough of Wyre Category:2015 archaeological discoveries Category:Mammal fossils Category:Individual wolves