. . . . . . "Ectopocynus (\"strange dog\") is an extinct genus of small bone crushing carnivorous mammal similar to a dog of the family Canidae) which inhabited North America during the Oligocene. It lived from 33.3\u201416.0 Ma and existed for approximately 17.3 million years.Though a carnivore, dentition suggests this animal was a hypercarnivore or mesocarnivore."@en . "Ectopocynus"@en .