Subparictidae

Subparictidae is an extinct family of early Paleogene arctoid carnivorans endemic to North America that closely related to bears.

[1] Unlike other early caniforms, subparictids had simple molars and surrounding or at least partial cingulums.

Fossils have been found dating from the Chadronian through Whitneyan ages of the northern Great Plains of the United States and southern Canada and the Arikareean of Oregon.

Over time, the genera Eoarctos and Nothocyon evolved increasingly robust teeth adapted for durophagy.

Based on the complete anatomical remains of Eoarctos, the subparictids would have occupied an ecological niche similar to procyonids and wolverines.