Why is the fossil record not full of transitional fossils?

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Wouldn’t species always be evolving? Example: Why do we find a couple of dozen T-Rex skeletons and not all the evolving stages that lead to the T. Rex over millions of years? And are those specimens classified as different species?

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It is actually very rare for something to fossilize. Even more rare for small animals to fossilize. The bones and impressions we do have are just a tiny window into the history of the earth. The farther back you go, the luckier you’ll be to find anything

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