Ectopocynus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Oligocene|Early Miocene}}

| taxon = Ectopocynus

| display_parents = 2

| authority = Wang, 1994

| type_species = †Ectopocynus simplicidens

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• †E. antiquus Wang, 1994
• †E. intermedius Wang, 1994
• †E. simplicidens Wang, 1994

}}

Ectopocynus ("strange dog") is an extinct genus of bone crushing canid which inhabited North America from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene. It lived from 33.3 to 16.0 Ma and existed for approximately {{Mya|33.3-16.0|million years}}.[http://paleobackup.nceas.ucsb.edu:8110/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41210&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database: Ectopocynus]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Remains of Ectopocynus are limited to mandibles and teeth only. These reveal that the animal had simple, robust, and blunt yet massive premolars and reduced or lost cusps on the lower molars. In this respect, Ectopocynus had many of the characteristics of Enhydrocyon. This dentition suggests this animal was a hypercarnivore or mesocarnivore.{{cn|date=April 2019}}