11. The ` alek Valley formed in the late Cenozoic era, during the Pliocene epoch of the Neogene period. 12. It lived in the Mio-Pliocene epochs . 13. The soil of Lawachara is alluvial brown sandy clay loam to clay loam dating from the Pliocene epoch . 14. This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous period, late Albian age to the Pliocene epoch . 15. These deposits come from the Nawata Formation and the Nachukui Formation of the Tortonian age and Pliocene epoch , respectively. 16. In the Miocene and Pliocene epochs of the Neogene period, further uplift and erosion occurred, particularly in the Pennines. 17. This distinguished it from the older Pliocene Epoch , which Lyell had originally thought to be the youngest fossil rock layer. 18. ""'Leptorrhamphus " "'is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian that lived during the Pliocene epoch in what is now Argentina. 19. The Pleistocene and Pliocene epochs , taken together, ran from about 5.3 million years ago to about 10, 000 years ago. 20. Descending under the Bald Peak Basalt formation are the Pliocene epoch units of the Siesta Formation, Moraga Formation, and Orinda Formation.
