Assertion: turtle | /r/HasProperty | a sister group
Facets:
value: to crocodiles
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to birds
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the archosaurs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: A molecular analysis of 248 nuclear genes from 16 vertebrate taxa suggests that turtles are a sister group to birds and crocodiles (the Archosauria).
text: (2012) also suggest that turtles are a sister group to birds and crocodiles (the Archosauria).
text: The DNA hypothesis suggests that turtles were a sister group to the archosaurs (the group that contains the dinosaurs and their relatives, including crocodiles and their ancestors and modern birds and their ancestors).