1. It is believed Yeda Peak last erupted during the Pliocene period . 2. It is thought to have been from the late Pliocene period . 3. It includes areas of scientific interest with the presence of fossils of the Pliocene period . 4. Furthermore, the clay consists of microfossils that date from the Pliocene period , about 4.5 million years ago. 5. During the Pliocene period , a basaltic lava flow from the Fort Selkirk field engulfed the Rosebud Creek area. 6. During the late Miocene Pliocene period , widespread volcanism blanketed the entire East Anatolian Iranian plateau under thick volcanic rocks. 7. It comprises the eroded remnants of the Coromandel Volcanic Zone, which was highly active during the Miocene and Pliocene periods . 8. In 1968, Behrensmeyer made a detailed investigation of Lothagam, a Kenyan paleontological formation dating to the late Miocene-early Pliocene period . 9. By the Pliocene period , the Rhine had captured streams down to the Vosges Mountains, including the Mosel, the Meuse, to its watershed. 10. Ember Ridge, the oldest and southern known parasitic vent, is a subglacial volcano that formed and last erupted during the Pliocene period .