Thread:BastionMonk/@comment-108.193.149.0-20160306234502/@comment-1259419-20160307140554

You can create a very rough map of the genome of 2 species with that method:


 * Species M: the ancestor of all extant birds and therefore the first Maniraptorian dinosaur. You can calculate this genome by comparing the genomes of all extant bird species with crocs as an outgroup.


 * Species A: Ancestor of all birds and crocodiles, probably the first Archosaur (do not know when Pterosaurs split off). You can calculate this genome by comparing the genomes of species M and all crocodylians, with turtles as an outgroup.

These two calculated genomes on their own can probably not be used to recreate the said species. However, they can be used as a guide to make the synthetic dino genomes look more like the Mesozoic genomes.