Messinian (7.246 Ma)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
0/0/50/0
Color RGB
R: 255 G: 255 B: 115
Rank
chronostratigraphic Stage
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Messinien
Français
Messinien
Italiano
Messiniano
English
Messinian (7.246 Ma)
Origin of the Name

Named after the town of Messina (Italia), Sicilia.

Historical Variants

Messinien (Mayer-Eymar 1867, Denizot et al. 1957), Messiniano (dal Piaz & Trevisan 1956), Messinium, Messin

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • late Miocene
Note about top

top of the magnetic polarity zone C3Br.1r, near LAD Triquetrorhabdulus rugosus / FAD Ceratolithus acutus (calcareous nannoplancton)

Age at base
  • late Miocene
Note about base

FAD Globorotalia conomiozea (planctonic Foraminifera), approximately in the middle of the magnetic polarity zone C3Br.1r

Geography

Type area
Sicilia (Italia)

References

Definition
Mayer-Eymar Ch. (1867) : Tableau synchronistiques des couches crétacées inférieures de la zone nord des Alpes et du Jura suisse. Fretz, Zürich (Autographie)
Definition
Denizot G., ... (1957) : Tertiaire (France, Belgique, Pays-Bas, Luxembourg). Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 4a VII
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