Now, how do raindrop spatters fossilize under millions of tonnes of water?
Percentage of sedimentary rock; I was about 5% higher than this representative estimate Sedimentary rocks cover 75% of the earth's surface, but amount to only 5% of the outer 10 km. Big deal.
Percentage of marine invertebrate fossils in relation to the total number of fossils can be very roughly estimated by what is in collections and also by their relative percentage to other species. "Invertebrate and microfossil collections are vastly larger than collections of vertebrates and plants..."
Collections in Paleontology Warren D. Allmon
The number of groups and species of invertebrates hold a dominant position not only in the kingdom Animalia but also among all life-forms on earth. According to Groombridge (1992), the described species of invertebrates (1.325 million) accounts for 96.71% of the total species of animals (1.37 million), and 76.19% of all life-forms (1.739 million).
If you don't like my numbers use your own. The fact is that the most numerous fossils are invertebrates such as animals with shells and remains of plants. If you prefer, instead of saying 95%, I can say "Invertebrate and microfossil collections are vastly larger than collections of vertebrates and plants...".
It doesn't change the substance of my argument that there are no clear transitional forms in the fossil record to account for the origin of the major phyla.
how do raindrop spatters fossilize under millions of tonnes of water?
Who says they were necessarily fossilized during the Deluge?
In addition to being vastly more numerous than other fossils I would also add that marine invertebrate fossils are also vastly more complete than many vertebrate fossils, of which we often only have bits and pieces.
Cordially,