Messinian
adj, name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Messenian. alt-of, alternative
Adjective
- 1 Alternative form of Messenian. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
Etymology
From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) + -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.