Now I would like to redraw without the tree without the hypothetical linkages (dashed lines). All of a sudden you get a candelabra without a base. Where have we seen this before?
And further, you can begin to make association with the Flood; larger more mobile animals are able to mover to higher ground and tend to be found rock formations closer to the surface. Smaller animals get entombed would be found at lower leve
Adapted from: M. Denton, Evolution: A Theory In Crisis, pg.173