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Messinian

Subdivision of the Neogene according to the ICS, as of 2024.Vertical axis scale: Millions of years agoFormerly part ofTertiaryPeriod/SystemEtymologyName formalityFormalUsage informationCelestial bodyEarthRegional usageGlobal (ICS)Time scale(s) usedICS Time ScaleDefinitionChronological unitAgeStratigraphic unitStageTime span formalityFormalLower boundary definitionFirst regular occurrence of the Planktonic ForaminiferGloborotalia miotumidaFAD of the HaptophyteLower boundary GSSPOued Akrech section, Rabat, Morocco33°56′13″N6°48′45″W / 33.9369°N 6.8125°W / 33.9369; -6.8125Lower GSSP ratifiedJanuary 2000Upper boundary definitionBase of the Thvera magnetic event (C3n.4n), which is only 96 ka (5 precession cycles) younger than the GSSPUpper boundary GSSPHeraclea Minoa section, Heraclea Minoa, Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy37°23′30″N13°16′50″E / 37.3917°N 13.2806°E / 37.3917; 13.2806Upper GSSP ratified2000The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene.

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