Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Paleontology

Previously in this series, I have discussed the arguments for common descent presented by Wikipedia in the areas of comparative physiology/biochemistry and comparative anatomy. In this third installment, I will discuss the arguments from paleontology and the fossil record. Wikipedia's page on the "Evidence of common descent" contains only a brief section on the fossil record, half of which is concerned with describing the discipline of paleontology and noting the limitations of the...