11. It was during the middle Miocene period that the range was uplifted in the broad, northeast-plunging arch. 12. ""'Daira speciosa " "'is a species of crab that lived in the Paratethys sea during the Miocene period . 13. ""'Afrotragulus " "'is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Kenya during the early Miocene period . 14. The river ( or stream ) travels through sediments deposited during the Late Eocene and Middle Miocene periods . 15. This area was once Miocene period . 16. ""'Kutchisiren " "'is an extinct genus of mammal which existed in what is now India during the Miocene period . 17. Geologically, most of Marmilla dates to the Miocene period , and is thus substantially younger than the rest of Sardinia. 18. Leptopodomorpha fossils were found in amber in the Dominican Republic and in Mexico, both dating back to the Miocene period . 19. More recently, teeth and a skull of Ramapithecus, a Miocene period primate related to the orangutan, have been found in Lufeng. 20. The islands were created during the late Miocene period , from a large submarine volcano and shaped by erosion and marine sedimentation.
