"The Messinian Salinity Crisis occurred when the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean. This led to rapid ...

which formed 6 million years ago during a sharp increase in salinity dubbed the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Gypsum deposits form quickly, making them an excellent medium for fossils—the fossils ...

“The Messinian Salinity Crisis occurred when the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean,” said Sellam. “This led to rapid evaporation, causing the sea to become hypersaline ...

The research focused on gypsum formations that developed during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, a period when the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean. "The Messinian Salinity ...