[RunningWolf]

Hey that is what becomes their 'mountain of evidence' when viewed from afar.

About the only definitive statement in the whole article is as follows.

The skeletons, headless as they are, offer plenty of evidence for a life on the water. Its upper body structure offers evidence that Gansus could take flight from the water, like a modern duck, and the webbed feet and bony knees are clear signs that Gansus swam.

Everything else is speculation. However in this case a duck may truly be a duck, and it is only in the eyes of the evolutionist that it fills yet another 'gap'.

Wolf

[WKB]

Hey that is what becomes their 'mountain of evidence' when viewed from afar.


I guess you can truly make a mountain out
of a mole hill.

[KMJames]

...However in this case a duck may truly be a duck, and it is only in the eyes of the evolutionist that it fills yet another 'gap'...

Usually the "intermediates" possess transitional features that are only seen in the artist reconstructions.

In this case, we see a "not-quite-beak" that's supposed to look somewhat reptilian - never mind that there is absolutely no evidence of this soft tissue feature, as there is absolutely no head of the specimen.