Hello CTD

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Look again - without goggles. Notice the stasis?
Stasis is not a problem for evolution. There is no need for organisms to evolve if the environment does not change around them - they are already suited to it, and natural selection will continue to select for individuals who are suited to the environment === similar to previous generations.

What you need to show is lack of evolution in spite of strong pressure to change. Sadly isolated pictures of fossils with no reference to environment are totally inadequate for that task.

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Requirements for stasis, even under evolutionism: stable temperatures, food supply, predation, precipitation, um, what else is in the environment? Well, I think it's easy to get the picture. One last requirement: non-accumulation of mutations. None of this can be explained away.
The mutations will occur and they will be subject to natural selection. Natural selection will continue to select for individuals best suited to the environment, thus it will select AGAINST large changes that show up. You will still have neutral mutations and you will have genetic drift, but these won't add up to much change of note.

Again, stasis does not mean evolution does not occur, just that it is slower than in periods of high selection pressure or opportunity.

Enjoy.
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