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Messinium
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German
de:
Etymology
From de Messina -ium.
This scientific term was introduced by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1857 when he published his paper Versuch einer neuen Klassifikation der Tertiär-Gebilde Europas (An Attempt at a New Classification of the Tertiary Formations of Europe).Karl Mayer-Eymar and Barton-On-Sea, geolsoc.org.uk
Pronunciation
de [mɛˈsiːni̯ʊm]
de Mes si ni um
Noun
n.sg
de geology palaeontology Messinian The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
Declension
n.sg
Holonyms
de Miozän
Coordinate terms
de Tortonium, de Serravallium, de Langhium, de Burdigalium, de Aquitanium
Related terms
de Magnesium
de Germanium
References