Messinian

sixth and last age of the Miocene epoch
Thing stage Q508465
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Messinian

Summary

Messinian is a stage[1]. Messinian draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (stage category, ranking #14 of 106).[2]

Key Facts

  • Messinian's instance of is recorded as stage[3].
  • Messinian's instance of is recorded as age[4].
  • Messina is named after Messinian[5].
  • Messinian's follows is recorded as Tortonian[6].
  • Messinian's followed by is recorded as Zanclean[7].
  • Messinian's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12215409d[8].
  • Messinian's part of is recorded as Miocene[9].
  • Messinian's part of is recorded as Late Miocene[10].
  • Messinian's part of is recorded as ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[11].
  • Messinian's Commons category is recorded as Messinian[12].
  • Messinian's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as FEF587[13].
  • Messinian's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 48530[14].
  • Messinian's start time is recorded as -7246000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Messinian's end time is recorded as -5333000-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Messinian's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.9369, 'lon': -6.8125}[17].
  • Messinian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07wd6c[18].
  • Messinian's significant event is recorded as Messinian salinity crisis[19].
  • Messinian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Messinian[20].
  • Messinian's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • Messinian's partially coincident with is recorded as Q2103860[22].
  • Messinian's partially coincident with is recorded as Turolian[23].
  • Messinian's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Messinian-Stage[24].
  • Messinian's type locality is recorded as GSSP for the base of the Messinian[25].
  • Messinian's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as messinian-age[26].
  • Messinian's named by is recorded as Karl Mayer-Eymar[27].

Why It Matters

Messinian draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (stage category, ranking #14 of 106).[2] Messinian has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Messinian is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . stratigraphy.org. stratigraphy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . stratigraphy.org. stratigraphy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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