一句话英文的语法问题.Missing until recently were fossils clearly intermediate.请还原一下这句话的语序和 intermediate是什么成分?怎么理解

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一句话英文的语法问题.Missing until recently were fossils clearly intermediate.请还原一下这句话的语序和 intermediate是什么成分?怎么理解

这是一个倒装句
正常语序是
Fossils clearly intermediate were missing until recently
clearly intermediate是作fossils的后置定语intermediate怎么理解? a.?Fossils that were clearly intermediate were missing until recently

这样会不会好理解一点