proviverrines

The diversification of proviverrines in Europe, which were small-bodied and restricted to southern Europe during the earliest Eocene, was spurred by the disappearance of the subfamily’s presumed ecological competitors–Oxyaenodonta, and hyaenodonts from the clades Sinopinae and Arfiinae–during the Ypresian (between Dormaal (reference-level MP7) and Avenay (reference-level MP8+9) [13 ,17 ,23 ]).