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) (geology, paleontology) Messinian (The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Holonyms ==== Miozän ==== Coordinate terms ==== Tortonium, Serravallium, Langhium, Burdigalium, Aquitanium ==== Related terms ==== Magnesium Germanium === References ===