Messinium

German

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛˈsiːni̯ʊm]
• 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 [sg-only, neuter, strong]

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

Coordinate terms

• Tortonium, Serravallium, Langhium, Burdigalium, Aquitanium

Holonyms

• Miozän

Related terms

• Magnesium
• Germanium