I think the fossil record needs to be brought together in a more organized way to make it available to people. Now that there are software applications for the genome, they could probably be used to organize the fossil record as well.
However, there still isn't a good way to define species beyond the ability to produce viable offspring. And how do you define species for organisms that reproduce asexually? Some viruses get different so fast it's hard to tell what they are. I was just introduced to Hepatitis G. I didn't know there was an F.
I do not know of any textbook that presents the fossil record in a manner that reflects the exact geological location and position of each one. It is as if, when we find a fossil, we must cram it into a preconceived notion as to where it belongs in terms of complexity; as if it is a given that life began, then gradually increased in complexity.
Don't get me started. People with an evolutionist mindset screw the evidence up into their own story instead of taking pains to document with any precision WHERE the item was found and EXACTLY what it looks like.
Besides that, they have been all too anxious to extrapolate structures based upon what they think happened instead of leaving it the hell alone so future generations can (hopefully) make sense of it. As history runs its course we will learn the evolutionists did more to screw up knowledge than an iceberg did to screw up the Titanic.