paleomon

[paleomon]

What'd I tell ya?????

Woolly Phanpy

Wooly Donphan

The Phanpy and Donphan of the past had thick fur to withstand colder climates.

These pokemon went extinct only a few thousand years ago, but they are so similar to the modern Phanpy and Donphan, that they are usually considered an alternate form, kind of like regional variants, rather than a distinct family.

Ground/Ice

Neogene-Quaternary

[paleomon]

What'd I tell ya???

Diiglett and Diictrio Though these Permian pokemon strongly resemble the modern Diglett and Dugtrio, they are in fact only very distantly related. This is an example of convergent evolution, where sometimes traits are so advantageous, they evolve by accident more than once independantly, leading to plants, animals, or pokemon who look similar, but have little genetic relation.

As Professor Oak once said, “It is the nature of pokemon that every so often, evolution accidentally invents Diglett again.”

Permian

Ground

(X)

[paleomon]

Woolly Phanpy

Wooly Donphan

The Phanpy and Donphan of the past had thick fur to withstand colder climates.

These pokemon went extinct only a few thousand years ago, but they are so similar to the modern Phanpy and Donphan, that they are usually considered an alternate form, kind of like regional variants, rather than a distinct family.

Ground/Ice

Neogene-Quaternary

[paleomon]

Arctosaur

This pokemon’s whole body was perfectly comfortable in the cold, and it could eat just fine because its head was on the right way.

Ice

Jurassic

[paleomon]

Aquavish

Oh would you look at that, a pokemon who won’t starve to death because its head is on backwards! What a concept.

What’s that? It can breathe and move around in the same environment? Goes to show what happens when you treat fossil revival responsibly. Unlike a certain Dr. Cara Liss.

Water

Devonian

[paleomon]

Boltozolt

This pokemon didn’t need a giant tail or the power of ... (looks at cue cards) shivering... to generate elictricity. Maybe that’s because this is a healthy pokemon and not a mismatched monstrosity doomed to die by its own biology.

Electric

Triassic

[paleomon]

Dracodrake

Dr Liss did get one thing right when describing Dracozolt and Dracovish. The pokemon whose lower half she used did appear to have depleated its highly specific food source. This slow, lethargic pokemon could run fast when it had to, and its herbivorous diet consisted of only a few rare plants.

Dragon

Jurassic

[paleomon]

Galar pokemon researcher Cara Liss is a controversial figure in the pokemon paleontological community. Dr. Liss revives pokemon by combining mismatched fossils to create new pokemon which did not exist in history, and many researchers express ethical concerns over creating creatures  doomed to extinction. 

Dracovish needs water to live, but it’s not an effective swimmer. Its legs are made for walking on land! Dracozolt can’t push itself up off the ground if it falls over! Arctozolt’s top half is not aclimated to the same regions as its bottom half! Arctovish’s head is on backwards! These pokemon’s misleading pokedex entries are no help either. Speculation on how they lived and why they went extinct is based on studying the fossils, not the living specimens, and so each factoid seems to refer to either one half of the pokemon or the other.

What’s more, next to nothing is known about the original pokemon these hybrids are revived from. They seem to come from four different periods and will be hard to track down... Dracozolt - Electric/Dragon - Modern

Dracovish - Water/Dragon - Modern

Arctozolt - Electric/Ice - Modern

Arctovish - Water/Ice - Modern

[paleomon]

Forchaic, Primordeo, and Trilodent

These pokemon looked different in the upper Paleozoic Era than the ones modern trainers can have revived from their fossils. Even the third stage is entirely different!

Water; Water; Water

Devonian-Permian

[X]

[paleomon]

Ptalon, Pteroshell, and Azhdosoar

These pokemon looked different in nature than their lab-revived counterparts, with an entirely different third stage

They can fire white-hot flames from the orafices in their armour, and unlike any other members of their family, Azhdosaur can fly.

Fire; Fire; Fire/Flying

Triassic-Cretaceous

[X][X][X]

[paleomon]

Sporer, Mycolite, and Mycodon

These pokemon looked different from their fossil-revived counterparts in the modern day. As suspected, all three lack the rock type. They went extinct around the time humans appeared on Earth for the first time.

Grass/Poison

Paleogene-Quaternary

[paleomon]

Trilodent

The Forchaic and Primordeo of the past didn’t evolve into Waliceratops at all! These pokemon’s natural third stage was the fearsome Trilodent!

When the fork-shaped horn on its face grows too long, it breaks off. Trilodent carries the broken horn around with it until the new one grows back next season.

Water

Devonian-Permian

[paleomon]

Azhdosoar

The Ptalon and Pteroshell of the Mesozoic Era didn’t evolve into Pterricade like their lab-revived counterparts, but into the mighty Azhdosoar!

Its internal fire burns hotter Pterricade, and unlike its man-made descendant, Azhdosoar can fly- it uses the jets inside its wings to lift itself into the air, in spite of its tremendous weight.

Fire/Flying

Triassic-Cretaceous

[X][X]

[paleomon]

Mycodon

Millions of years ago, Mycolite used to evolve into Mycodon. It was able to plant its roots int he soil and use the ones on its mouth to suck nutrients out of dead wood.

Grass/Poison

Paleogene-Quaternary

[paleomon]

Forchaic, Primordeo, and Waliceratops

These pokemon roamed the seafloors of the Upper Paleozoic Era - or at least, we think they did.

You see, their DNA had to be reconstructed during the fossil revival process, and scientists aren’t sure the result is totally accurate to their original form. They aren’t even sure if Waliceratops even existed before, or if it only evolves in the modern day from a revived specimen in captivity! To know for sure, you’d need to travel back in time to the Devonian period and see for yourself.

Water/Rock

Devonian-Permian

[X]

[paleomon]

Pteroshell

This pokemon can fit the armour on its head, limbs, and tail together and fold up into a ball. For extra defense, it then spews fire from the flame vents all over its body, which in their natural form, are white hot.

The natural form of this pokemon has hard enamel shells, rather than rock. It evolves from Ptalon.

Fire/Rock

Triassic-Cretaceous

[X][X]

[paleomon]

Primordeo

The original form from nature lacks the rock type of its fossil-revived counterpart. It evolves from Forchaic.

Water

Devonian-Permian

[X]