[dotnetfellow]

“The extreme rarity of transitional forms is the trade secret of paleontology ... The history of most fossil species includes two features particularly inconsistent with gradualism: 1. Stasis. Most species exhibit no directional change during their tenure on earth. They appear in the fossil record looking much the same as when they disappear; morphological change is usually limited and directionless. 2. Sudden appearance. In any local area, a species does not arise gradually by the steady transformation of its ancestors; it appears all at once and ‘fully formed.’” [S.J. Gould (evolutionist); Natural History 86:14 (1977)]

[edsheppa]

I was about to take it back then I noticed the quotes. If it is Gould's term, why does he quote it?

Say, why don't you provide a link? Did you type that from a text? Please tell me you didn't just copy it from a creationoid web site.