[Hint] Fossil Record – 28 August 2023

Last Monday’s puzzle, Fossil Record, had a decent number of solvers, but if you’re still working on it, keep reading this post for your hint.

The new metapuzzle is Shifting Boundaries. You will need the answers to the previous eight puzzles in order to make sense of this one. Once you’ve finished, come back next week for a new puzzle set.

Keep the specimens in alphabetic order, even within their periods.