In the
geological timescale, the Ludlow Epoch (from 427.4 ± 0.5 million years ago to 423.0 ± 2.3 million years ago) occurred during the
Silurian
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Period, after the end of the
Homerian Age. It is named for the town of
Ludlow in
Shropshire
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,
England
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.
The Ludlow Epoch is subdivided into two stages:
Gorstian and
Ludfordian.
See also
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Ludlow Group
References
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Geological epochs
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