Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Full reference: X. Wang, R.J. Emry, C.A. Boyd, J.J. Person, S.C. White and R.H. Tedford. 2023. An exquisitely preserved skeleton of Eoarctos vorax (nov. gen. et sp.) from Fitterer Ranch, North Dakota (early Oligocene) and systematics and phylogeny of North American early arctoids (Carnivora, Caniformia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(sup1):1-123

Parent taxon: Ursidae according to X. Wang et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Agriotheriinae, Ailuropodinae, Amphicynodontinae, Harpaleocyon, Hemicyoninae, Metarctos, Myadina, Phoberocyoninae, Proarctotherium, Taxina, Tremarctinae, Ursinae, Ursulus

Subtaxa: Eoarctos vorax

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eoarctos in the database

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