Assertion: pelican | /r/HasProperty | sister
Facets:
value: to the shoebill
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: as the next earlier offshoot
type: OTHER
value: with the hamerkop
type: OTHER
value: to a gannet-cormorant clade
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Morphological study has suggested pelicans are sister to a gannet-cormorant clade, yet genetic analysis groups them with the hamerkop and shoebill, though the exact relationship between the three is unclear.
text: Reviewing genetic evidence to date, Cracraft and colleagues surmised that pelicans were sister to the shoebill with the hamerkop as the next earlier offshoot.