Genesect's possible real life origin

A certain theory concerning Genesect's origins has captured my attention.
The theory suggests that there is some connection between him and Kabutops, going as further as presuming that they may be the same creature.

Description of the theory.

I'm not going to go into details how the body structure of both pokemon is very different, infact the only similarities between them is the flat head, number of limbs and body posture.
There is however something else that puts Kabutops into a completely different category from Genesect, something that most people have overlooked.

Kabutops has a well developed endoskeleton under his exoskeleton!

Kabutop's fossilised skeleton.

Arthropods only have an exoskeleton, so maybe this is one of the reasons why Kabuto and Kabutops are not bug typed even though they are clearly inspired and based on ancient arthropods. There is no evidence if Kabuto also has an endoskeleton or perhaps this adaptation is only present in it's evolved form (maybe as additional support).
How does this concern Genesect? First of all Genesect is a bug type pokemon, meaning he is supposed to be an invertebrate like all the other bug type pokemon, indeed even his name suggests he is closer to insects than any other arthropods.
There is a posibility that Kabuto is a relative to Genesect, even maybe a distant ancestor (the same way crustaceans evolved into insects millions of years ago) but considering they appeared at the same time in the past that is highly unlikely.

What is Genesect based on then?

My personal theory is that he is based on blattoptera (proto-cockroaches), the ancestors of mantises, termites and modern cockroaches, who happen to live in the same period as Genesect. From these proto-cockroaches evolves a species of cockroaches (Raphidiomimula burmitica) that have the same forelegs as mantises and Genesect seems to have similar.

So to sum it up Genesect is the missing link between the proto-cockroaches who lived during the Paleozoic and the distant mantises anscestor Raphidiomimula burmitica, which makes him more closely related to Scyther.

Indeed when you compare the two you can notice the similarities.


Thank you for reading this and I hope it answered at least some of the questions you may have about the mysterious prehistoric pokemon Genesect!