Oligocene-Period Raccoon-Like Mammal Had Mollusk-Based Diet https://www.sci.news/paleontology/eoarctos-vorax-11988.html

An exquisitely preserved skeleton of #Eoarctos vorax from #NorthDakota (early #Oligocene) and systematics and phylogeny of North American early #arctoids https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2022.2145900

E. vorax belongs to #Subparictidae, a North American family of extinct bear-like #carnivorans within the infraorder Arctoidea. The animal also had cat-like claws that likely helped it climb up and down the trees of the ancient wetland.