Messinian stage

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Messinian_stage
GPTKB entity
Statements (16)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:geological_formation
gptkbp:endDate 5.333 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Tortonian_stage
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Messina
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Messinian_salinity_crisis
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Miocene_epoch
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Zanclean_stage
gptkbp:region global
gptkbp:startDate 7.246 million years ago
gptkbp:stratigraphicUnitOf gptkb:Late_Miocene
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:International_Commission_on_Stratigraphy_timescale
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Messinian_age
gptkb:Tortonian_stage
gptkb:Zanclean_stage
gptkbp:bfsLayer 9
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messinian stage