Messinian

Alternative form of Messenian.

Adjective

  1. Alternative form of Messenian.

Proper noun

  1. The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.

Origin

From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) + -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.

Derived

Messinian event Messinian salinity crisis

Noun

  1. Alternative form of Messenian.

Forms

Messinians

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