Messinian

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Messinian

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

Translations

Catalan: Messinià
Dutch: Messinien
French: Messinien (fr)
German: Messinium
Hungarian: Messinai
Italian: Messiniano
Polish: messyn m inan
Spanish: Messiniense

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