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.
[5] The defining lower boundary of Homerian rock layers (GSSP) is located within the Coalbrookdale Formation of England.
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