Vulpavus ovatus (aka Phlaodectes ovatus) Matthew 1909; Middle Eocene; 12cm skull length) is not related to Vulpavus palustris in the LRT, but nests with Protictis and other taxa with a long, horizontal premaxilla. Matthew wrote: "An incomplete skeleton including a well preserved skull, represents a species very distinct from V. palustris and pro/ectus but presenting throughout the same general charactersoof teeth, skull and skeleton, and referable to the genus Vulpavus as a fairly distinct subgenus."

The orbits are wide apart. Small braincase. The squamosal glenoid is large. Matthew compared this specimen to carnivores, but this placental with small molars nests at the base of largely herbivorous taxa. Matthew wrote, "There is no indication of an osseus bulla.