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Homerian

In the geologic timescale, the Homerian is an age of the Wenlock Epoch of the Silurian Period of the Paleozoic Era of the Phanerozoic Eon that is comprehended between 430.6 ± 1.3 Ma and 426.7 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago), approximately. The Homerian Age succeeds the Sheinwoodian Age and precedes the Gorstian Age.

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Geologic timespan.name: Homerian
Geologic timespan.color: Homerian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 430.6
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty: 1.3
Geologic timespan.time_end: 426.7
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty: 1.5
Geologic timespan.image_map: Laurasia 430Ma.jpg
Geologic timespan.caption_map: Paleogeography of the Homerian, 430 Ma
Geologic timespan.timeline: Silurian
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.name_accept_date: 1980
Geologic timespan.celestial_body: earth
Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Age
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Stage
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: FAD of the graptolite Cyrtograptus lundgreni

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The name comes from the small village of Homer, Shropshire near Much Wenlock. The defining lower boundary of Homerian rock layers (GSSP) is located within the Coalbrookdale Formation of England.