†Ectopocynus Wang 1994 (canid)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X. Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Ectopocynus antiquus, Ectopocynus intermedius, Ectopocynus simplicidens
Type: Ectopocynus simplicidens
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore