Messinium

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Etymology

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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  • Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧ni‧um

Noun

Messinium n (strong, genitive Messiniums, no plural)

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

Declension

Declension of Messinium
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Messinium
genitive eines des Messiniums
dative einem dem Messinium
accusative ein das Messinium

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References

  1. ^ Karl Mayer-Eymar and Barton-On-Sea, geolsoc.org.uk
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