The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene . It spans the time between 7.246 ± 0.005 Ma and 5.333 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago). It follows the Tortonian and is followed by the Zanclean , the first age of the Pliocene .
9-521: [REDACTED] Look up Pontian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pontian may refer to: Pope Pontian (died 235), 3rd-century Catholic Pope Pontian Greeks , a group of ethnic Greeks traditionally from the Pontus and Pontic Mountains regions in northern Turkey Pontian Islands , a group of islands on the coast of Italy Pontian District ,
18-681: A district and city in Johor, Malaysia Pontian (federal constituency) Pontian Kechil or Pontian Town Pontian stage ( Pontian age ), the uppermost Miocene Paratethys stage, coeval with the Messinian See also [ edit ] Ponciano (disambiguation) Pons (disambiguation) Pontian Selatan (federal constituency) (1959–1974), Johor, Malaysia Pontian Utara (federal constituency) (1959–1974), Johor, Malaysia Pontianus (disambiguation) Pontic (disambiguation) Pontine (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
27-631: A group of islands on the coast of Italy Pontian District , a district and city in Johor, Malaysia Pontian (federal constituency) Pontian Kechil or Pontian Town Pontian stage ( Pontian age ), the uppermost Miocene Paratethys stage, coeval with the Messinian See also [ edit ] Ponciano (disambiguation) Pons (disambiguation) Pontian Selatan (federal constituency) (1959–1974), Johor, Malaysia Pontian Utara (federal constituency) (1959–1974), Johor, Malaysia Pontianus (disambiguation) Pontic (disambiguation) Pontine (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
36-463: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pontian [REDACTED] Look up Pontian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pontian may refer to: Pope Pontian (died 235), 3rd-century Catholic Pope Pontian Greeks , a group of ethnic Greeks traditionally from the Pontus and Pontic Mountains regions in northern Turkey Pontian Islands ,
45-663: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Messinian The Messinian overlaps the Turolian European Land Mammal Mega Zone (more precisely MN 12 and 13) and the Pontian Central European Paratethys Stage. It also overlaps the late Huayquerian and early Montehermosan South American Land Mammal Ages , and falls inside the more extensive Hemphillian North American Land Mammal Age . During
54-605: The planktonic foram species Globorotalia conomiozea and is stratigraphically in the middle of magnetic chronozone C3Br.1r. The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Messinian is located in a section at Oued Akrech, near the Moroccan capital Rabat . The top of the Messinian (the base of the Zanclean Stage and Pliocene Series) lies with the top of magnetic chronozone Cr3 (about 100,000 years before
63-598: The Messinian, around 6 million years ago, the Messinian salinity crisis took place, which brought about repeated desiccations of the Mediterranean Sea . The Messinian was introduced by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867. Its name comes from the Italian city of Messina on Sicily , where the Messinian evaporite deposit is of the same age. The base of the Messinian is at the first appearance of
72-450: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pontian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pontian&oldid=1186561571 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
81-450: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pontian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pontian&oldid=1186561571 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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