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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

The wings of flying reptiles extend along
a "fourth finger" some 20 times longer
than the other fingers. The important
point is that this interesting wing
structure emerges suddenly and fully
formed in the fossil record. There are no
examples indicating that this "fourth
finger" grew gradually—in other words,
that it evolved.

Marine Reptiles
Another interesting category in the classification of reptiles is marine
reptiles. The great majority of these creatures have become extinct,
although turtles are an example of one group that survives. As with flying
reptiles, the origin of marine reptiles is something that cannot be
explained with an evolutionary approach. The most important known
marine reptile is the creature known as the ichthyosaur. In their book
Evolution of the Vertebrates, Edwin H. Colbert and Michael Morales admit
the fact that no evolutionary account of the origin of these creatures can be
given:

The ichthyosaurs, in many respects the most highly specialized of the marine
reptiles, appeared in early Triassic times. Their advent into the geologic
history of the reptiles was sudden and dramatic; there are no clues in pre-
Triassic sediments as to the possible ancestors of the ichthyosaurs… The
basic problem of ichthyosaur relationships is that no conclusive evidence can
be found for linking these reptiles with any other reptilian order. 103
Similarly, Alfred S. Romer, another expert on the natural history of
vertebrates, writes:
No earlier forms [of ichthyosaurs] are known. The peculiarities of
ichthyosaur structure would seemingly require a long time for their
development and hence a very early origin for the group, but there are no
known Permian reptiles antecedent to them. 104

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