History of Saskatchewan all Years are Millions Before Present

By Ethan909
  • 4600 BCE

    Earth Is Formed

  • Period: 4600 BCE to 4000 BCE

    Archean Eon

  • 2500 BCE

    Saskatchewan is part of a large Ancient Continent

  • Period: 2500 BCE to 541 BCE

    Proterzoic Eon

  • 2100 BCE

    Break Up of Ancient Continent, Creation of a Large Ocean

  • 1900 BCE

    Volcanoes in Saskatchewan

  • 1850 BCE

    Wathaman Batholith

  • 1800 BCE

    Orogeny and earth changes to to oxygenic environment

  • 1700 BCE

    Erosion of Mountains

  • 1300 BCE

    Uranium Deposited

  • 544 BCE

    Saskatchewan Covered by Sauk Sea

    Hard Shelled invertebrates
  • Period: 542 BCE to 251 BCE

    Paleozoic Era

  • Period: 541 BCE to

    Phanerozoic Eon

  • Period: 540 BCE to 490 BCE

    Cambrian Period

  • Period: 485 BCE to 443 BCE

    Ordovician Period

  • 478 BCE

    Meteorite Hits Saskatchewan

    Leaves Carswell Meteorite Crater
  • 470 BCE

    Tyndall Stone Deposited

  • Period: 444 BCE to 419 BCE

    Silurian Period

  • Period: 419 BCE to 359 BCE

    Devonian Period

  • 390 BCE

    Winnipegosis Reefs Deposited

    These Trap Oil Deposits
  • 385 BCE

    Potash is Deposited

  • Period: 359 BCE to 299 BCE

    Carboniferous period

  • 355 BCE

    First Amphibians

  • Period: 299 BCE to 251 BCE

    Permian Period

  • Period: 252 BCE to 66 BCE

    Mesozoic Era

  • Period: 252 BCE to 201 BCE

    Triassic Period

  • 248 BCE

    Mass Extinction

    %90 of Ocean Life disappear
  • 245 BCE

    First Dinosaurs

  • 220 BCE

    First Mammals

  • 213 BCE

    Saskatchewan is again Covered by Sea

  • Period: 201 BCE to 145 BCE

    Jurassic period

  • Period: 145 BCE to 66 BCE

    Cretaceous Period

  • 100 BCE

    Diamonds Are Brought to Surface

    This is done by Volcanic Pipes
  • 75 BCE

    Sea Begins to Retreat

  • 70 BCE

    Swamps and Rivers Form the Badlands

    Brown Coal is formed from the plants deposited
  • 66 BCE

    Triceratops Roam Saskatchewan

  • Period: 66 BCE to

    Cenozoic Era

  • Period: 66 BCE to 3 BCE

    Tertiary Period

  • Period: 66 BCE to 56 BCE

    Paleocene Epoch

  • 65 BCE

    Extinction of Dinosaurs

  • Period: 56 BCE to 34 BCE

    Eocene Epoch

  • 50 BCE

    Climate Changes

    This develops Saskatchewan plateau
  • Period: 34 BCE to 23 BCE

    Oligocene Epoch

  • Period: 23 BCE to 5 BCE

    Miocene Epoch

  • Period: 5 BCE to 2 BCE

    Pliocene Epoch

  • 2 BCE

    Ice Age Begins

    Covers Diamonds from Glacial Till
  • Period: 2 BCE to 1 CE

    Pleistocene Epoch

  • Period: 2 BCE to

    Quaternary Period

  • 1 CE

    Origin of the Prairies

    All years Listed in CE are Tens thousands years before Present
  • 2

    Humans come to North America

    All years Listed in CE are Tens thousands years before Present
  • 5

    Buffalo come to North America

    All years Listed in CE are Tens thousands years before Present
  • Period: 12 to 11

    Holocene Epoch