I do not understand why people refer to the fossil record as support for evolutionary changes over time. We do not need the fossils to support this fact because all of the transitional species are alive today.
For example: We have species that do not have any internal organs that live in the deep sea vents in the ocean. We have numerous species that have some of the internal organs but not all of them. There are species that live in the ocean that do not have a stomach so their ability to digest food is absorbed through their bodies that act as a filter and it is processes accordingly. Then we have all of the species that do have a stomach to digest food.
stages- 1st stage no organs 2nd stage-some but not all 3rd stage- all internal organs
we have species with no limbs, some with small stubs that resemble limbs and others with fully developed limbs.
We have species that can only breathe in water, some that can breathe in and out of water, and some that can only breathe out of water.
As you can see we do not need to prove the intermediate stage in fossils when they are all alive today.