Quantum redactiones paginae "Mesozoicum" differant

Nomen "Mesozoicum", per exemplum [[Palaeozoicum|Palaeozoici]] iam nominati, Anglice sub forma ''Mesozoic'' anno [[1840]] ab [[Ioannes Phillips|Ioanne Phillips]] propositapropositum suntest.<ref>"As many systems or combinations of organic forms as are clearly traceable in the stratified crust of the globe, so many corresponding terms (as Palæozoic, Mesozoic, Kainozoic, &c.) may be made": John Phillips, "Palæozoic series" in ''Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'' vol. 17 (1840) [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4zr7&view=1up&seq=161 pp. 153–154]</ref> E verbis [[Lingua Graeca|Graecis]] μεσός "medius", καινός "novus", ζῷον "animal" componuntur.<ref>De historia nominis definitionisque vide: Mary Grace Wilmarth, ''The Geologic Time Classification of the United States Geological Survey Compared With Other Classifications, accompanied by the original definitions of era, period and epoch terms'' (''United States Geological Survey Bulletin'' no. 769. Vasingtoniae: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925) {{Google Books|my7x_PBkpm4C|p. 9}}</ref>