Due to the finding of numerous amounts of fossils and sediment layers in what was once a mine in the southeastern part of Germany, it is now thought that the Messel mine (near Frankfurt) was once part of a giant series of lakes aout 47 million years ago.
The area was mined for coal, which is a rock formed formed from organic material exposed to intense geological compression. The area must have been a regional depression because it was the destination of muddy sediments that were deposited there.
James William Arthur Taylor (born 6 January 1990) is a former English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.A right handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler, Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impressions in his first county seasons. He is noted as being a fine fielder in the covers. He became the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009, Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire's history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season.
