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Earth is formed
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Saskatchewan is part of a large continent
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Break up of the ancient continent, creation of a large ocean
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Volcanoes in Saskatchewan
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Wathaman Batholith
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Orogeny Trans-Hudson Orogen
Earth changes from anoxygenic environment to an oxygenic environment
Martin Sandstone is deposited wiith Stromatolites -
Erosion of the mountains
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Uranium deposited
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Saskatchewan covered by the epicontinental Sauk Sea
Hard shelled invertebrates including Trilobites -
Beginning of Ordovician period
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Meteorite hits Saskatchewan, leaving behind the Carswell Meteorite Crater
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Tyndall Stone deposited in the shallow sea that covers Saskatchewan
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The beginning of the Silurian Period
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The beginning of the Devonian period
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Winnipegosis Reefs are deposited, later to become a trap for oil deposits
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Potash is deposited in the shallow sea that covers Saskatchewan
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The beginning of the Carboniferous period
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First amphibians
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The beginning of the Permian period
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The beginning of the Mesozoic era and Triassic period.
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Mass extinction in the oceans, 90% of species disappear
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First dinosaurs
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First mammals
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Saskatchewan is again covered by a shallow sea
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The beginning of the Jurassic period
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The beginning of the Cretaceous period
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Diamonds are brought to the surface of Saskatchewan in volcanic pipes
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Shallow sea begins to retreat
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Swamps, rivers and lakes form the badlands
Lignite is formed from the plants deposited in swamps -
Triceratops roam Saskatchewan
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Extinction of the dinosaurs
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The beginning of the Eocene Epoch
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Climate changes, Saskatchewan plateau develops
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The beginning of the Oligocene epoch
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The beginning of the Miocene epoch
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The beginning of the Pliocene epoch
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Ice age begins, covering SK except for the Cypress Hills area
Diamonds covered by glacial till
