contradictory statements in the lead the first sentence in the lead says that archaeopteryx was a genus of early bird the paragraph then goes on to say since the late th century it has been generally accepted by palaeontologists and celebrated in lay reference works as being the oldest known bird though some more recent studies have cast doubt on this assessment finding that it might instead be a non avialan dinosaur closely related to the origin of birds this is contradictory how can we definitively state that it is an early bird and then go on to say that we aren't sure nevermind the fact that it is unsourced and old accounts from the s don't really count can someone rationalize this