Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ
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Description: A lengthy but incomplete list of transitional vertebrate fossils that have been discovered.
Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ: Part 2A Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ The Cenozoic fossil record is much better than the older Mesozoic record, and better than the very much older Paleozoic record. The most extensive Cenozoic gaps are early on, in the Paleocene and in the Oligocene. From the Miocene on it gets better and better, though it's still never perfect. Not surprisingly, the very recent Pleistocene has the best record of all, with the most precisely known lineages and most of the known species-to-species transitions. For instance, of the 111 modern mammal species that appeared in Europe during the Pleistocene, at least 25 can be linked to earlier European ancestors by species-to-species transitional morphologies (see Kurten, 1968, and Barnosky, 1987, for discussion).
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| Page title: | Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ: Part 2A |
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| Description: | Part 2A. A large, but by no means complete, list of transitional fossils that are known. Use this article to counter the common creationist canard that there are no intermediates in the fossil record. |
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