Homerian
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Paleogeography of the Homerian, 430 Ma | |||||||||||||
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| Name formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
| Name ratified | 1980 | ||||||||||||
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| Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||||||
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||||||
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||||||
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| Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||||||
| Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||||||
| Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary definition | FAD of the graptolite Cyrtograptus lundgreni | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary GSSP | Sheinton Brook, Homer, England 52°36′56″N 2°33′53″W / 52.6156°N 2.5647°W | ||||||||||||
| Lower GSSP ratified | 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary definition | FAD of the graptolite Saetograptus (Colonograptus) varians | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary GSSP | Pitch Coppice, Ludlow, U.K. 52°21′33″N 2°46′38″W / 52.3592°N 2.7772°W | ||||||||||||
| Upper GSSP ratified | 1980 | ||||||||||||
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 430.5 ± 0.7 Ma and 427.4 ± 0.5 Ma (million years ago), approximately. The Homerian Age succeeds the Sheinwoodian Age and precedes the Gorstian Age.
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.