†Cynarctus Matthew 1902 (bone-crushing dog)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1902. New canidae from the Miocene of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(21):281-290
Parent taxon: Cynarctina according to X. Wang et al. 1999
Sister taxon: Paracynarctus
Subtaxa: Cynarctus crucidens, Cynarctus galushai, Cynarctus marylandica, Cynarctus saxatilis, Cynarctus voorhiesi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore