Assertion: mastodon | /r/HasProperty | distant relative
Facets:
value: among many now extinct clades
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Among many now extinct clades, the mastodon (Mammut) is only a distant relative, and part of the distinct family Mammutidae, which diverged 25 million years before the mammoths evolved.
text: You can think of elephants and mammoths as first cousins, but mastodons were only distant relatives," he said.