118.Missing until recently were fossils clearly intermediate,or transitional,between land mammals and cetaceans.
(倒装句)
到最近为止,一直缺乏连接陆地哺乳动物和鲸目动物的明显的中间或过渡化石。
分句1:Missing until recently were fossilsclearly intermediate
分句2:or transitional
分句3:between land mammals and cetaceans
1和2并列
1、2和3嵌套