Messinium
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]Messinium n (strong, genitive Messiniums, no plural)
- (geology, paleontology) Messinian (The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Messinium [sg-only, neuter, strong]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karl Mayer-Eymar and Barton-On-Sea, geolsoc.org.uk