University of South Florida | Overwhelming evidence supports Jurassic fossil does belong to Archaeopteryx @usouthflorida | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named in Germany on this day in 1861. This debunks a recent theory that the fossil feather originated from a different species.