[Ichneumon]

With billion year gaps in the so-called "evolutionary chain",

Nonsense. Feel free to document an alleged "billion year gap" if you think you can. This ought to be amusing.

[Notwithstanding]

Excuseme, I should have said gaps of half a billion years instead of billions of years. My point still stands: there are HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE undeniable gaps in the fossil record - gaps which even Darwin admitted were problematic.