†Eoarctos vorax Wang et al. 2023 (bear)
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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
Belongs to Eoarctos according to X. Wang et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 637259, a skeleton
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eoarctos vorax in the database
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