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Messinium

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Etymology

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From 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).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɛˈsiːni̯ʊm]
  • Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧ni‧um

Noun

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Messinium n (strong, genitive Messiniums, no plural)

  1. (geology, paleontology) Messinian (The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.)

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