If the difference between species is quantum, why are there few or no inbetweens in the fossil record?

Question

Another nail in the coffin of evolution? There are over ten million species, yet only several thousand types of fossils. Big disconnect, no?

Answer 1

Although I have the same question in at least some of the cases, one must realize that absence of evidence is rarely evidence. There are whole civilizations that I'm sure existed that we are unaware of simply because we haven't managed to find their remnants yet. Not all bones fossilize, and depending on the numbers of a given species, it can be a real crapshoot on finding any given species. While the transitional fossils may not have been found yet, it doesn't mean they aren't there.