Original sentence: A large part of Piciform evolution seems to have occurred in Europe where only Picidae occur today; perhaps even some now exclusively Neotropical families have their origin in the Old World.Order: PICIFORMES.The modern families are known to exist since the mid-late Oligocene to early Miocene; consequently, the older forms appear to be more basal.There are some extinct ancestral Piciformes known from fossils which have been difficult to place but at least in part probably belong to the Pici
Edited sentence: It is interesting to note that a large part of Piciform evolution seems to have occurred in Europe where only Picidae occur today; perhaps even some now exclusively Neotropical families have their origin in the Old World.ORDER: PICIFORMES.The modern families are known to exist since the mid-late Oligo- to Early Miocene; consequently, the older forms appear to be more basal.There are some extinct ancestral Piciformes are known from fossils which have been notoriously difficult to place but at least in part probably belong to the Pici