🐚 Kanto Fossil Pokemon Paleontology! Ammonite! Trilobite! Dino-MIGHT! 🦴 Gnoggin & Lord Helix

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    Open Door: Receive Floor; there is no Dinosaur...
    Fossil Pokemon are super cool. We've already done a video explaining Bastiodon and Rampardos, the gen 4 Fossil Pokemon, which are topical again thanks to the release of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. However, we got to thinking: other fossil Pokemon are cool too! so let's start another mini-series of videos explaining all the fossil Pokemon! And maybe we'll learn a thing or seven about Paleontology.
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    Additional Credits:
    Thumbnail Omanyte by: / taplaos
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    Special thanks to Vergolophus for the amazing title.
    Chapters:
    00:00 Back to the time of fossils! The 90's.
    00:30 Omonyte and Omastar
    03:47 Sponsored by Helix
    05:19 Kabuto and Kabutops
    09:45 Aerodactyl
    12:50 Let's make fun of me in my own outro
    #pokemon #fossilpokemon #isthatkabutookayithinkaerodactyliseatingit
    This video answers the following questions: What is Omanyte? What is Omastar? What is Aerodactyl? What is Kabuto? What is Kabutops? What are the Gen 1 fossil pokemon? Why are some pokemon revived from fossils? Was Pokemon inspired by Jurrasic Park? What is Omanyte based on? What is Omastar based on? What is Aerodactyl based on? What is Kabuto based on? What is Kabutops based on? Is there an animal named after a Pokemon? Is there a dinosaur named after a pokemon? What is a Helix fossil? What is a dome fossil?
    Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!
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  • @Gnoggin
    @Gnoggin  2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Thanks Helix for sponsoring! Go to helixsleep.com/lockstin to get up to $200 off your mattress, plus two free pillows! You can put your own fossils on them, or your head I guess.

    • @BlueKazm
      @BlueKazm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wanna sleep in lord helix mattress I’m buy!

    • @Cliffordlonghead
      @Cliffordlonghead 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok

    • @Cliffordlonghead
      @Cliffordlonghead 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BlueKazm DAMMIT U

    • @zeusthefox1585
      @zeusthefox1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish Pokemonnwould make replicas of the Fossils for people to buy!

    • @dubbacheezbugga5366
      @dubbacheezbugga5366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That scene with the pillows had me dying hehehe

  • @leafeon8956
    @leafeon8956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +971

    Fun fact! Areodactyl is classified as the "Fossil Pokemon", even though it's the only fossil Pokemon that doesn't actually come from a fossil(you revive it from an amber)

    • @charizardfan1017
      @charizardfan1017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Technically, Amber is a type of fossil

    • @leafeon8956
      @leafeon8956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@charizardfan1017 well I learned something new today

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @ItsMeIvysaur♂️[Christmas Boi] or a mosquito like Pokémon

    • @sazzle3616
      @sazzle3616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Anyone remember when the pokerap said AERODACTYL

    • @zeusthefox1585
      @zeusthefox1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Amber is Fossilized Tree Sap.....hense...Fossil
      Though off all 3 Kanto Fossils....actually of All the Fossil Pokemon...Aerodactyl is probably the most Scientifically Possible...
      Fossils aren't really bone...or Shell....there Rock that has replaced what it once was like after Million's of Years, namely no Dna to collect to revive a creature.
      What Michael Crichton came up with in Jurrassic Park actually makes sense, Collecting blood that is perserved inside dead Mosquitoes trapped in Amber....or atleast if would make sense...if DNA didn't break up after Death.
      by the time the blood is extracted from the Mosquito (if it hasn't become dust) there would be no DNA to extract.

  • @SeantheSharkGuy
    @SeantheSharkGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    I also think it’s interesting that (before the Crowned Tundra and whatever’s going on there), Kabuto was the only fossil Pokémon that didn’t actually go extinct, as Pokédex entries stated that they still existed in small numbers and that the revived Kabuto look exactly like the still living ones

    • @RupertXIX
      @RupertXIX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kabuto is best

    • @Japaneseanimeguy
      @Japaneseanimeguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Laura Christoph we just need to stop irresponsible scientists who think slapping any 2 fossils together is fine. And a way should be found to either fix the ones released in Galar or at least provide a measure of comfort to their miserable lives.

    • @onepieceking1770
      @onepieceking1770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well not only kabuto but omanyte was also stated to repopulate due to trainers releasing theirs into the wild

    • @SeantheSharkGuy
      @SeantheSharkGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@onepieceking1770 yes, but Kabuto’s different in that according to that entry, they never went extinct in the first place. They’re just so rare it’s easier to revive them than to catch one, and I guess they’re preserved really well since the revived Kabuto look exactly like the still alive populations. (The Pokédex talking about Mega Aerodactyl possibly being Aerodactyl’s true form is evidence that at least some of the fossil Pokémon used to look different, and this is likely the case for most if not all of them with Kabuto being an exception to the rule)

    • @onepieceking1770
      @onepieceking1770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SeantheSharkGuy very true but that does beg the question though who exactly is still currently around and who isnt (in terms of the fossils) cus if the point u just made is true (which it is) then that indicates that kabuto's and other fossil pokemon actually r walking about in the world while some r still in fossil form waiting to be awakened into their true forms

  • @cofagrigusfan24
    @cofagrigusfan24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    this is technically episode 2 of the Fossil collection
    remember you already did a video on Galar's fossils, Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish & Arctovish

    • @Gnoggin
      @Gnoggin  2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      And the gen 4 fossils too! didn't write those with a series in mind though, but now they are! :)

  • @bojanssen6169
    @bojanssen6169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Small addition. Pteron means wing in ancient Greek, just like the word helico-pter is based on. Dactyl comes from the Greek word Daktylos which translates to finger. So it's name is wingfinger but Bulbapedia apparently switched up the words

    • @clemente3966
      @clemente3966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So that's why it's also named Ptera in French. Thanks for the info.

    • @jokedann
      @jokedann ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was expecting this comment. Thanks for writing it.

  • @trendybrendy4483
    @trendybrendy4483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    This was a good one! I can't wait for the Anorith/Armaldo video- love those fossils.
    Quick suggestion, could you also give little mentions to the other prehistoric Pokémon like Relicanth or Genesect when you get to their gens? Assuming the videos don't get too long beforehand- I don't wanna tell you how to do your job lol

    • @Gnoggin
      @Gnoggin  2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      Now that you mention it yeah. theres quite a few "living fossil" pokemon that arent actually "fossil" pokemon. I think for now with this fossil series we'll stick with just the official Fossil pokemon. but then end it with a sort of "Ancient Power Special!" that goes over pokemon like Genesect and Relicanth and how they relate.

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I will love this series. Fossil pokemon are among my favorites.

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same, I'm currently replaying Alpha Sapphire and I plan on getting the root fossil. Lileep is kinda cute :3

    • @gustavju4686
      @gustavju4686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If one counts Relicanth and Genesect as the '3rd fossil's of their gens, then the first three odd gens all had 3 fossils.

    • @TheGreenElbow
      @TheGreenElbow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Don't forget Yanmega, that thing is based on an Meganeura, the prehistoric giant dragonflies from long before the dinosaurs. It's an honorary fossil pokemon in my eyes.

  • @Glory2Snowstar
    @Glory2Snowstar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Anybody else get their childhood dreams crushed when that official poster came out and Kabuto was a horseshoe crab instead of a trilobite? Horseshoe crabs are awesome, but man, why not BOTH?
    Also Opabinia Fossil when I want my crane game shrimp thing

    • @Ditidos
      @Ditidos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I mean, wouldn't it be too similar theme-wise with the Anorith line? That said, a non-fossil Opabinia Pokémon would be cool. Personally, I would prefer an Aegiroclasis-inspired regional variant of Anorith. Maybe evolving into a new form making homage to speculative biology, it would be appropiate.

    • @insanitygaming1526
      @insanitygaming1526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ditidos I'm a nerd and I have no idea what you are talking about

    • @insanitygaming1526
      @insanitygaming1526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WHY NOT BOTH

    • @Ditidos
      @Ditidos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@insanitygaming1526 There are a multiple kinds of nerd. I'm the dinosaur dude wherever I go despite only being interested in saurisquian dinosaurs.
      And the speculative biology group is kind of small but not, it's the branch of science fiction that works with evolutionary biology or biology in general (so alien life, yet to be discovered organism due to preservation bias, what if in the history of life or the creatures living millions of years after the present are the most common ones, but human descendant and genetically engineered creatures are also popular topics lately). It's starting to grow now with the explosion of All Tomorrows albeit it has always been bigger in eastern Europe and Japan (there is a lot of stuff in russian or japanese only, sadly).
      Aegiroclasis is a cool creature because it is a relative of Anomalocaris which was a filter-feeder but an organism like that was predicted in speculative biology before that (the name of the fictional organism was used for the clade itself instead of the specific organism). So it was predicted by speculative biology, kinda like how some scifi shows predicted tech that we ended up creating but with the fossil record.

    • @insanitygaming1526
      @insanitygaming1526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ditidos sorry what

  • @realVoltairex
    @realVoltairex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    They’re both Kabuto’s eyes. Horseshoe crabs have eyes on the top and bottom of their bodies too

  • @Ditidos
    @Ditidos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I love the fossil mons, my favourite is Armaldo, it's such an homage to the entire Paleozoic era, which apart from being my favourite era rarely gets any respectull representation anywhere. I loved earlier fossil mons due to how they were more paleontology themed than the later ones, except Aerodactyl of course, which is still cool.
    By the way, there is a Dicynodont named Bulbasaurus phylloxyron, which is totally not a Pokémon reference (phylloxyron means razor leaf in latin). And yeah, "it's a silly name for X in latin" summarizes most scientific names, they are supposed to be simple and descriptive, latin is used just because it is a dead tongue albeit the door to ancient greek and chinese has already been open as well as to mix names.

    • @jesusriced
      @jesusriced 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Armaldo is definitely top tier i used to use one he was just so good

    • @Jayzor92
      @Jayzor92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's what you took from that comment?
      There's an actual dicynodont called bulbasaurus and you focus on Armaldo?!
      It is a pretty damn cool Mon though.

    • @ryujokatagiri7019
      @ryujokatagiri7019 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Source?

    • @insanitygaming1526
      @insanitygaming1526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jayzor92 not only that but bulbasaurus razor leaf

    • @Jayzor92
      @Jayzor92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@insanitygaming1526 Technically it's "Leaf Razor" because of its beak-jaw shape... but it's still fricking incredible.
      I spent a solid hour just reading about the cute little basal mammal.

  • @caroalcala3741
    @caroalcala3741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I hope in the next gen or so, I wish to see any fossils such as a Spinosaurus or an obscure ones like the Spectrovenator or Hallucigenia. They could also do fossils during the Ice Age too.

    • @Jormyyy
      @Jormyyy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I wanted an Iguanadon sooooo badly for Galar

    • @dfrgnovalelapenamirar4450
      @dfrgnovalelapenamirar4450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i wolud love a pokemon spinoff that centers in fossils like a fossil fighters meets pokemon

    • @ORelic
      @ORelic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don’t know about spectro, but I hope for hallucigenia along with the impidemp line, (I have not played galar in so long)

    • @foldup1919
      @foldup1919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would love to see the therizinosaurus as a fossil mon

    • @dylanhelvetios2300
      @dylanhelvetios2300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Be careful of what you wish for.
      As a kid I always wanted a Dunkleosteus pokemon.

  • @idiotgoddess2114
    @idiotgoddess2114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Omanyte’s design is just pure Dinomyte

    • @BlueKazm
      @BlueKazm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I see what you did there

    • @mrsuperheatran2794
      @mrsuperheatran2794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Arceus help me, I can't stop hearing that cursed phrase in healthcare commercials 😭

  • @CradilyBestPokemon
    @CradilyBestPokemon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can't wait for lockstin to praise how cradily is the best fossil

  • @MatiNuva1724
    @MatiNuva1724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You don't know how genuinely satisfied I am with the fact tha You pointed out the difference between Dinosaur and Pterosaur

    • @TheGreenElbow
      @TheGreenElbow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      While showing an Indominus? Ooooh angry nerd rage... but what are you gonna do? :D

    • @MatiNuva1724
      @MatiNuva1724 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheGreenElbow We'll let Him be with that one

  • @mini-_
    @mini-_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    It has been 7 years, but whenever I see Omanyte, I will always say 'Praise Helix'!

    • @joj5150
      @joj5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OH MY GOD IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS.

  • @giboit.
    @giboit. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Omanyte and Kabuto being pokemon based on super common fossils makes me think that´s probably also part of the reason why in the Crown Tundra pokedex is stated that they basically became a plague after some of the revived fossils managed to escape/got released into the wild by pokemon trainers.

  • @anzahanifathallah
    @anzahanifathallah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    idea: a Rock/Dragon Omanyte regional form based on the European dragonstones/snakestones myth

  • @28kingofkings
    @28kingofkings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I really love fossil pokemon, the Kanto Fossils are and will always be my favorite, Aerodactyl was one of my favorite beat sticks. Galar was the only one i hesitated to revive, i'm hoping for the Sword and Shield remake, we have a choice of having a competent professor revive the Galar fossils

    • @greenhat8978
      @greenhat8978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your gutsier than I am.. I refused to revive any fossil Pokemon in galar when I found out.... I'll make many Abominations, but not that

    • @28kingofkings
      @28kingofkings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@greenhat8978 even though they are digital animals, it’s cruel to revive fossils without making sure all the parts are the correct ones

    • @d_p_k_
      @d_p_k_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@28kingofkings that's the point of them fossils, it is based on mixing up of skeleton of various dinosaur skeletons and calling it a new specie. Lockstin made a vid about it.

    • @hozkahilgarri3936
      @hozkahilgarri3936 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Galar "fossils" aren't my cup of tea, either. Yes, I understand the premise of them being mixed up, yet I HATE them. I find them and the idea of reviving a creature made of incompatible parts both cruel and revolting. I don't agree with opinions justifying their existence as Pokémon.
      Just remember, thanks to one researcher's incompetence, we players were robbed of FOUR distinct fossilmon lines. (No one at gamefreak is going to ever be like, "oh, btw, here's four new lines of them revived correctly").
      Furthermore, to add insult to injury, THE FOSSILS NEVER NEEDED TO BE COMPLETE OR ASSEMBLED TO BE REVIVED. The very idea is contrary to what the Pokémon series had already established, remember? Claw fossil? Sail fossil? Skull fossil? Old Amber? Etc? Each of these were revived using trace bits of DNA to recreate a baby member of the species. Not at all like "assembling a complete skeleton, then zapping it to life" like some kind of necromancer.
      So if you ask me, that "researcher" mishmashing Galar fossils deserves to be scrutinized for crimes against nature and general incompetence. Others in the field of fossil research have been doing this successfully for years and haven't created perpetually suffering, deformed monstrosities.
      Every time I look at one of the Galar fossilmons, I swear they are all saying, "please... kill... me...".

  • @ShinyBuzzwole
    @ShinyBuzzwole 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Great video as always Lockstin, very informative! Although, I would like to say that ‘ptera’ actually means wing, not finger; ‘dactyl’ means finger, such as in pterodactylus (wing finger) or in polydactyly (many fingers).

  • @oldmanpippo
    @oldmanpippo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    8:18 Cheirurus may be lattin,but the words that make it up are actually greek-cheir is ancient greek for heri (hand) and oura is both ancient and modern greek (tail)
    Also, 10:42 ,aerodactyl's name origin is also greek-aero meaning air (coming from aeras=air/wind),and pterodactyl (ptero-ftero=feather/wing and dactyl-daktylo=finger)

  • @thewalrusclown
    @thewalrusclown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    11:00: THANK YOU, Someone who got that right without needing me to correct them in the comments, my inner dino-dork is so sick of telling people that over and over again, so thank you so very much for doing your basic Google search before writing the script. *Tear of joy goes down left cheek.*

    • @agentdon1760
      @agentdon1760 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ive actually learned that before. I was mildly confused but I believe its because they Pterosaurs have some kind of hole in there bones that dinosaurs don't have...Im glad I knew that fact before he put in the joke about it.

    • @TheGreenElbow
      @TheGreenElbow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now, who's going to tell them a Mosasaurus isn't a dinosaur either? "No, they aren't sea dinosaurs! They're marine reptiles!"

    • @TerraVulture
      @TerraVulture ปีที่แล้ว

      @@agentdon1760 it’s actually due to the shape of the hip bone iirc

    • @TerraVulture
      @TerraVulture ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheGreenElbow bruh yeah lol

  • @FBIandre123
    @FBIandre123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    10:45 ptera means wing not finger. Figer is dactyl. Pterodactyl means "winged finger". Ptera is found in many groups of animals such like chiroptera (bats), coleoptera (beetles), diptera (flies), hymenoptera (wasps, bees and ants) , orthoptera (grasshoppers) ect. Dactyl is found in ohter groups, like Artiodactyla, the even toed ungulates (artios=even, dactyla=finger) or Perissodactyla, the odd toed ungalates (perrisos = odd).

  • @A11V1R15
    @A11V1R15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I "love" how Kabutops is 4 Feet tall and Hatzegopteryx has wingspans from 10 to 12 Meters

  • @dagkyco8152
    @dagkyco8152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Me and my brother always have picked one curtain Pokémon fossil for each game. I had ommastar, and he had kabutops. I always love my boy! We don’t like the big chin flappy guy…

  • @foxalive1772
    @foxalive1772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The fossil pokemon where always my favorite always wanted to see more of them, as well if possible their original typing and not just a revived fossil.

  • @rainbowturtle
    @rainbowturtle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I feel like Omanyte is partly inspired by Nautilus, which are extant. Not that bad of an oversight for a potential inspiration, but still.

    • @mds_main
      @mds_main 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nautiluses are still alive actually. They are living fossils just like horseshoe crabs.
      I also think there is some nautilus inspiration, which would go hand in hand with Kabuto having both a dead and living fossil as inspiration.

    • @rainbowturtle
      @rainbowturtle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mds_main extant means alive... it was not a type of extinct

    • @mds_main
      @mds_main 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rainbowturtle
      Oh sorry I misread it as "extInt", my bad

  • @Mimikyu_Lov3r
    @Mimikyu_Lov3r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The fact that this was uploaded right after I found and revived my Lord Helix in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (and yes I did name him Lord Helix)

    • @airplanes_aren.t_real
      @airplanes_aren.t_real 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why do people call it lord helix

    • @jerryakatony5724
      @jerryakatony5724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@airplanes_aren.t_real 2 reasons. 1: The fossil used to revive the Pokémon is called the Helix fossil. 2: There was this play through called Twitch Plays Pokémon that was super popular and essentially the worshipped The Helix Fossil in that game.

    • @airplanes_aren.t_real
      @airplanes_aren.t_real 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jerryakatony5724 ooooooooh thanks

    • @onijester56
      @onijester56 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@airplanes_aren.t_real To elaborate, the fossil is called the Helix Fossil. There's little else to add to this aspect. So let's go to the second point.
      "Twitch Plays Pokemon" was one of the first and most-popular "Live-streams" hosted in the early days of streaming site Twitch. The conceit was that the host established a comment-to-input bot for their ROM of a Gen 1 Pokemon game. This meant if you typed "A" as your only comment, the bot would translate your comment into a press of the A button and thus immediately press the A button (which is used to select options).
      For further clarification, the possible commands were: Up, Down, Left, Right, A ('accept'), B ('cancel'), and Start ('pause'/'menu').
      Because every viewer would be watching and responding simultaneously, every action performed was often done a dozen times in a row and other actions lagged behind more-recent actions. The result of this was that the Menu was frequently entered ("Start" any odd number of times in a row), the Item menu specifically was entered ("A"), and the first/second item in the Item Menu ("A" or "Down"+"A") was selected.
      The Helix Fossil is obtained in Mount Moon, the first real "cave" of the game. And because it's logged as a "Key Item" it's one of the few items that can't be randomly used or thrown away. Meaning it's almost always at the top of the Item Menu.
      This meant the "Start/A/A" cycle that happened every like 5 minutes was always selecting the "Helix Fossil". This led to the running joke among the fandom/viewers that The Player Character was "Praying to Lord Helix" not unlike those "Jesus, take the wheel" memes that were popular around that time.

  • @Violet_iris
    @Violet_iris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m a huge paleo nerd so it’s like I was finishing the facts in my mind before you said them. Really excited for the rest of these videos. Like what you classify some of the parts of the gen 8 fossil Mon and the fossil mvp, bastiodon

  • @Sirknite-ju9fx
    @Sirknite-ju9fx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    oh my goodness, i hope you do the hoenn fossils next. One of my favourite fossil duo, after the Kanto fossil trio.

  • @Dillium
    @Dillium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fossil mons have always been my favorite mons. I use a fossil mon every play through

  • @grantdaily9662
    @grantdaily9662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah Dome fossil, the savior of all runs I use you in

  • @fazul5674
    @fazul5674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how you can explain something so complex in a simple way so someone like me can understand.

  • @properjellydontbeproper3652
    @properjellydontbeproper3652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    These videos be relaxing & entertaining while getting knowledge of something we love & real world facts past,present,& future.

  • @thewoollyviking5928
    @thewoollyviking5928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fossil Pokemon are my favorite kinds of Pokemon, looking forward to you covering my fav (and objectively the best pokemon) Tyrantrum!

  • @thisismyaltaccount4195
    @thisismyaltaccount4195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    LOVE the fossil pokemon! By far one of my favorite archetypes. Greats video!

  • @bigsalmon7973
    @bigsalmon7973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fossils are probably my favorite genre of pkmen besides Ghost type Pokemon, and I'm kinda saddened that they are just sorta delighted to Pokedex spots. We should have a rock gum leader that just uses these boys

    • @Ditidos
      @Ditidos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, honestly is kind of surprising that there isn't an extinct/ancient themed rock-type gym leader considering the huge theme of the type. Probably because fossil mons are mid to late game mons and rock type leaders are early game gyms.

    • @robosquid2518
      @robosquid2518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Ditidos Grant from X and Y uses a tyrunt and an Amaura, the two fossil pokemon of gen 6

    • @bbqbunger2350
      @bbqbunger2350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment really shows how forgettable X and Y were.

    • @annoyedavocado6039
      @annoyedavocado6039 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robosquid2518 and Roark and his dad uses gen 4 fossils

    • @Ditidos
      @Ditidos 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robosquid2518 Yeah, but it's not fossil/ancient themed at all. In fact, I would say those were choices that didn't align well with the gym.

  • @kumonoameai
    @kumonoameai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yay fossils! I can't wait for you to go into detail about the other ones, especially anorith and armaldo (they're my favorite ancient bugs) ^.^

  • @stoneryan69
    @stoneryan69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh yeah I love the "hand-tail" pokemon. No, not Aipom, I'm clearly talking about Kabutops.

  • @KnightsofGaming2016
    @KnightsofGaming2016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lockstin having a date with the Helix bed is by far the best skit I have ever seen

  • @duddude321
    @duddude321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually had a regional variant of Aerodactyl with two stages of evolution.
    The Aerodactyl is revived from Bog Amber. It's Rock/Flying type still, but it has larger arms and claws for climbing, shorter wingspan (with a greater wing surface because the wing phalanges are swept back at a sharper angle, the wing membranes going all the way to the base of the tail), and a vertical sail along its tail instead of the normal arrow-head shape. This variant tried to adapt to living in densely vegitated swamps and boglands, where its normal highspeed rushdown hunting tactics were highly impeded by obstacles and poor visibility, by relying more on short bursts of flight from low perches, heightened maneuverability, and raiding nests. It still struggled to survive and it ultimately wasn't enough to save this species from extinction during the Ice Age when rapid chilling and reduction of prey life did it in.
    The evolutions are Terordactyl and Teraflactyl. Flying/Ghost and Ghost/Rock respectively.
    They were lych pterodons. The former being a red jawless Aerodactyl skull, spine, tail, and wing bones, ghostly grey fog making up the rest of its body, and baleful glowing blue lights in its eye sockets. The latter being a Terordactyl embedded in the top half of a zombified Aerodactyl body covered in patches of moss, and ghostly fog filling in the holes. It also stands on the ground poised to pounce (both as an acknowledgement of it losing its Flying type and an in universe reason that it can no longer fly, instead it climbs trees and ambushes prey aided by its limited ability to glide).
    The base stats being
    Swampland Aerodactyl-
    Hp 85 (+5 from regular Aerodactyl)
    Atk 105
    Def 75 (+10)
    SAtk 55 (-5)
    SDef 75
    Speed 120 (-10)
    Total 515
    Net change 0
    Terordactyl-
    Hp 95 (+10 from S Aerodactyl)
    Atk 75 (-40)
    Def 85 (+10)
    SAtk 105 (+50)
    SDef 95 (+20)
    Speed 110 (-10)
    Total 555
    Net change +40, Rock->Ghost
    Teraflactyl-
    Hp 115 (+20 from Terordactyl, +30 from S Aerodactyl)
    Atk 108 (+33, +3)
    Def 110 (+25, +35)
    SAtk 108 (+3, +53)
    SDef 110 (+15, +35)
    Speed 54 (-56, -66)
    Total 595
    Net change +40 (+80 from S Aerodactyl), Flying->Rock (Flying->Ghost from S Aerodactyl)
    Aerodactyl's Abilities are Rock Head, Tough Claws, and (Hidden Ability) Unnerve.
    The evolutions' Abilities are Ancient Vitality (moves like Substitute and Curse or items like Sticky Barb, Life Orb, or Black Sludge exact half the HP toll), Infiltrator, and (Hidden Ability) Unnerve for Terordactyl, and Ancient Vitality, Hard Target (Substitutes have 1.5 times Hp, Def, and SDef), and (Hidden Ability) Cursed Rot (Physical contact has a 30% chance to inflict Curse status on attacker) for Teraflactyl.
    Name wise Terordactyl -> terror, dactyl -> ghost pterodactyl, and Teraflactyl -> terra, phylactery, dactyl -> rock lych pterodactyl

  • @arcticdino1650
    @arcticdino1650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's somewhat weird to me that fossil Pokemon based on dinosaurs didn't arrive until gen 4.

    • @didack1419
      @didack1419 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mmm, I'm sorry but I've not seen your original comment about birds and dinosaurs. Did it get deleted by an error? I don't know, this has never happened to me.

    • @arcticdino1650
      @arcticdino1650 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@didack1419 I just deleted it cause I didn't quite like it. Sorry if that caused some confusion

    • @didack1419
      @didack1419 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arcticdino1650 Oh, it's fine. Sorry for bothering you. May I ask why?

    • @arcticdino1650
      @arcticdino1650 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@didack1419 Mostly because I phrased it in a way that felt weird/confusing to me

  • @ElhPudding
    @ElhPudding 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Aerodactly is my favorite of the Gen 1 Fossils, especially with it learning Fire Blast and my fun FireRed run where I also had the Nidos and Rhydon with surf.

  • @pieterhofkens7259
    @pieterhofkens7259 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kabutops is my all time pokemon!
    Ty so much for the indept explaining of it's origin

  • @haculia
    @haculia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You mean to tell me, I watched 3 minutes into the video, AND DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE THE FOSSILS WERE ON FLIPPING MATTRESSES!!! AAH!

  • @evanbrooks1926
    @evanbrooks1926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kabuto has four eyes! The bottom eyes help it navigate and scavenge for food, and the top eyes can detect changes in light. When something swims above it casts a shadow and gives the kabuto a heads up to hide!

    • @evanbrooks1926
      @evanbrooks1926 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is something that has convergent evolved in many forms of marine life, bugs, and reptiles to help avoid predators.

  • @scaliedog2777
    @scaliedog2777 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am so happy you started this project!! I love how in-depth you always go and thank you so much for all the work you do to bring us quality infotainment!! Fossils are my favorite lol
    And you always have hilarious sponsor plugs. 🤣
    AND SOMEONE GET NURSE JOY IN HERE FOR THOSE FEELINGS cause Ye Gods, Lockstin! That was so cold they're gonna end up with freezer burn 🥶

  • @dansuryuu8254
    @dansuryuu8254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love, love, love your taxonomy/biology based videos!

  • @solidskullz5736
    @solidskullz5736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Praise helix

  • @Japanlover79
    @Japanlover79 ปีที่แล้ว

    You just made me love Kabutops even more the dome guys already have it out for me. Jokes aside I love the way you use video games to teach about topics like these.

  • @tommybrady9648
    @tommybrady9648 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve been “that guy” about dinosaurs for years

  • @bricksoups
    @bricksoups 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the lexapro comment was too real (also i only found your channel a couple weeks ago and have already watched every video you have, keep it up my guy luv u)

  • @thedragonwarrior5861
    @thedragonwarrior5861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aerodactyl is my one of my favorite pokemon, so I'm pleased as cheese that you talked about it

  • @timmyrap1o1
    @timmyrap1o1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fun fact in a way the ammonite still exists it's called the Nautilus it's a species of I think it's a squid that has a shell like an ammonite but they're technically not ammonites

  • @gabr.7878
    @gabr.7878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have a rule that if possible I always have to use a fossil Pokemon of available. My other rule is that I always have to use a poison type (Ivr had both rules for years, don't remember how I came up with the rules, but the poison rule was in place well before fairies)

  • @ZeroN1neZero
    @ZeroN1neZero 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:55 Well I wasn't expecting that but I'm glad i was along for the ride🤣

  • @AbsolXGuardian
    @AbsolXGuardian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:56 Cool gen 1 era pillowcase! My grandma made me a set from the same fabric and it has a 1995 copyright year as part of its design.

  • @dfrgnovalelapenamirar4450
    @dfrgnovalelapenamirar4450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dude, great video, loved the sponsore but the "ptera-" part in pterodactyl means wing, the part that means finger is "Dactyl"

  • @mrjello11gaming44
    @mrjello11gaming44 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this series already!

  • @doga9742
    @doga9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always felt like aerodacty looked like a fat dimorphodon :P
    Ps: I love your videos! Always so fun and instructive to watch :)

  • @maeveburgess4553
    @maeveburgess4553 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    my comment is a little late but your Helix Sleep ad skit is HILARIOUS and needs more attention

  • @JustJohn43
    @JustJohn43 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whoever edits your videos, I always love the way you slightly animate pokemon when they are on screen

  • @seraph_rj5700
    @seraph_rj5700 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hate you lmfaoooo “i also struggle with phone calls” made me laugh SOOOO hard haha

    • @seraph_rj5700
      @seraph_rj5700 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay there were SO many good subtle jokes. Keep on using your Gnoggin man!

  • @CGaboL
    @CGaboL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Trick question: What's the first Pokémon in the Dex order to be based on a dinosaur?
    Answer: Pidgey. Birds are actually dinosaurs, as when they evolved they never stopped being dinosaurs, and Bulbasaur is a frog, not a reptile.

    • @SingingSealRiana
      @SingingSealRiana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      . . . . .being a decendent of something is not the same as being a thing, or a lot of people in germany would qualify as roman or people all over eurasia woud be Genghis Khan

    • @didack1419
      @didack1419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SingingSealRiana Except birds are dinosaurs in the same way humans are mammals, this is how taxonomy works.
      "Genghis Khan" is the name of a specific individual, so it's not inherited by definition.
      "Roman" is an identity label, so it's only carried on if the individuals want.
      There's a lot of equivocation here.

    • @CGaboL
      @CGaboL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SingingSealRiana uhm... No. You misunderstand how genetics works.
      Being a descendant of Gengis Khan makes you Mongol, not Gengis himself, as much as you are not your parents, but you are the same ethnicity as them.
      If you saw a lizard, a crocodile and a duck, you'd likely call the first two as reptiles, but not the duck; though crocs and birds are more closely related to each other than any other reptile group.

    • @didack1419
      @didack1419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CGaboL It's also interesting to point out that humans are not "fish", because "fish" is a label that purely refers to basic looks, not to ancestry.
      Salmos and lampreys are more distantly related than humans and salmos. And yet everyone would call those two "fish".
      But there are still defining features that set apart humans and salmos from lampreys, like that both humans and salmos have four limbs and lampreys don't have any, because these two's ancestors split apart from lampreys' before developing four limbs.

    • @SingingSealRiana
      @SingingSealRiana 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CGaboL thats entirely my point, thanks for repeating it

  • @DarkusWarrior
    @DarkusWarrior 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice, a video about my favorite group of pokemon.

  • @ScottaHemi440
    @ScottaHemi440 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:12 so you must despise the Mountain Chicken xD
    also horseshoe crabs is just another example of everything turning into crab...

  • @lf4807
    @lf4807 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked this series, looking forward for the videos

  • @dimetrodon2250
    @dimetrodon2250 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Horseshoe crabs were once thought to not be true arachnids, but a sister group to arachnids also within the same subphylum: the Chelicerates. This subphylum of arthropods contains the true arachnids (spiders, mites, scorpions, etc.), as well as other creatures like the sea spiders and extinct eurypterids. They are known for having two major body segments, sometimes tipped at the back end with a telson, and claw-like mouthparts called the chelicera (although these are fused into fangs in spiders). Recent studies have found that horseshoe crabs actually are closer to spiders and scorpions than they are to sea spiders and eurypterids, and are true arachnids.

  • @purgatoryproductions310
    @purgatoryproductions310 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    it took me a hot minute to realize that the fossils were on helix mattresses, and then i realized the video was probably sponsored. lockstin, you bastard, you've done it again.

  • @thecanadiandane7262
    @thecanadiandane7262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Aside from some misguided pokedex entries, I really love how gamefreak handles fossil Pokémon. They didn’t go straight for the super popular ones, like the T. Rex, and even when they did they stuffed it full of feathers and made it elementally weak to its counterpart, a relatively obscure sauropod. Here’s to more of that!

  • @misterzygarde6431
    @misterzygarde6431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I think it’d be neat if the next Grass starter was related to an existing fossil Pokemon like a T-rex starter descended from Tyrantrum

    • @duddude321
      @duddude321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's existed since Gen 1, Bulbasaurus Phylloxyron.

    • @ZombieBarioth
      @ZombieBarioth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @duddude321
      Bulbasaurus Phylloxyron is a synapsid, mammalian ancestors.
      Funny because that would mean bulbasaur is technically closer to pikach and say charmander despite being a "frog".:P

  • @Asgeirsun
    @Asgeirsun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm always sad I don't have access to so many of the sponsorship Items you tell us about. So many are US exclusive and others just don't deliver where I am.
    But I digress, I can't wait to see the Gen VI video as Tyrunt is my favorite fossil pokemon :D

  • @catsr2741
    @catsr2741 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was sad afer watching that stop motion simpsons break in video, his cheered me up, thanks!

  • @laylahame
    @laylahame 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait for an in depths analysis on vivosaurs from the fossil fighter series :P

  • @dynamosaurusimperious2718
    @dynamosaurusimperious2718 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love learning prehistory which is my favorite part of science and I love this video very much

  • @mesworld1350
    @mesworld1350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wonder if arcus will have fossil Pokémon or the fossil Pokémon will roam around?

    • @Jormyyy
      @Jormyyy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think it takes place that far back enough to warrant fossil mons free roaming around

    • @didack1419
      @didack1419 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jormyyy If they want to add them just to have those pokemon, they may do it regardless. Pokemon favours gameplay over worldbuilding and story a lot.

  • @imthesauropodgod1575
    @imthesauropodgod1575 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the key words. "pokemon", "fossil pokemon", "is that kabuto okay I think aerodactyl is eating it"

  • @bobbycallaway1819
    @bobbycallaway1819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I amost spit out my drink at the Lexapro bit.
    Too real, soo true.

  • @qthesorrow7899
    @qthesorrow7899 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have that Pokemon pillow case too!!! And the bed sheet.

  • @Worstfreelancer
    @Worstfreelancer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    so funnily enough i love things involving Paleontology, to the point where i wanted to be one for a very long period of my life. like, from age 5 until my second year in high school. i still do internally a bit, and like literally a week or 2 ago i just had a conversation telling a friend of mine about the fact that pterosaurs aren't actually dinosaurs. they got mad at first because they mistook what i was saying as them being wrong for it being their favorite, when really i just wanted to express my love for the science and teach them something new. weird how a video comes out explaining that exact thing right after lol

  • @excalibursaurusm5701
    @excalibursaurusm5701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Aerodactyl is my favorite Pokemon. I love fossil Pokemon

  • @Tyler_Smiler
    @Tyler_Smiler 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Favorite ad segment ever. A+

  • @KingJH0510
    @KingJH0510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The fact that scientists are using pokemon names for official scientific naming just goes to show how big of an influence pokemon has become

  • @TheGrizzlo503
    @TheGrizzlo503 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Tops" is also the greek suffix that means "head" or "face" a la triceratops. So in this case it means kabuto head or kabuto face, which is spot on

  • @GODFRAUDBUDDHA
    @GODFRAUDBUDDHA 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Joker being crushed to death (as he should) by Stone Kirby made my day

  • @Minohorse
    @Minohorse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh man, can't wait to see that cool one from Gen6.
    Also, praise Lord Helix.
    Also², Lockstin, tell the people from Helix to start delivering to my country already.

  • @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269
    @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤔
    Scyther could also just be another case of "convergent evolution" as you described the Trilobites and Horseshoe Crabs to be 🤷‍♂️.
    This is a fun video though, i really like how much detail you go into on seemingly all the Pokemon videos. At times it almost seems like they are really part of our world when given so many inspirational references.
    😄👍

  • @finleyelliott4427
    @finleyelliott4427 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Huge Eurypterid nerd here, Love the video, but to all who were wondering how big Eurypterids are (their know size wasn't directly stated in the video), The biggest confirmed Eurypterid (I might be wrong) was Pterygotus, confirmed at roughly two meters long.
    And we have evidence from fossil fragments that the Eurypterid Jaekelopterus could grow close to three meters long.
    Hope this video gets a few more people interested in the biggest (known) arthropod to have ever existed!

  • @jb0258
    @jb0258 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was some crazy good character development with the mattress.

  • @evodolka
    @evodolka 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i'm down for more fossil vids, love the fossilmon

  • @coolwaghmare
    @coolwaghmare 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kabuto is my all time fav fossil... Such a badass design

  • @ryanwalston5239
    @ryanwalston5239 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like klevor's reveal helps the idea of syther being a modern kabotops
    (Both have rock typing, blades now face the same way, oddly have a similar theme climbing of kabotops adapting onto land and klevor helping people climb mountains, probably more connections after legends comes out)

  • @tompenneck8596
    @tompenneck8596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was watching this, and only now do I see the striking resemblance between Aerodactyl and Charizard.

  • @aneevang9386
    @aneevang9386 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:33 the only reason kabuto has those black dots on its shell is because kabuto may of had many predators so it adapted to have those dots to trick predators into thinking the shell is the head

  • @crh1985
    @crh1985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kaboto’s shell eyes might be to scare away Predators like eyes on butterfly’s wings

  • @Ijustwatchthevids
    @Ijustwatchthevids 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Both the top and bottom circles of the kabuto are eyes. The forward eyes are more advanced and used for hunting or scavenging. The top eyes are simple photoreceptors that can only see light changes. That way it can see if a predator is above it. Horseshoe crabs have multiple sets of eyes. A few sets on the top, and a pair on the bottom.

  • @sparrowscratch
    @sparrowscratch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just realized that Aerodactyl and Charizard are an example of Convergent evolution in Pokémon.

  • @kuitaranheatmorus9932
    @kuitaranheatmorus9932 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Prehistory and I love thsi amazing video

  • @skorupigo5544
    @skorupigo5544 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    kabuto was my first introduction to Pokémon so I like it a lot

  • @itslergan
    @itslergan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    11:50
    i wasn't ready for that joke. i'm glad i wasn't drinking anything.

  • @stoatsarebetterthanbeavers
    @stoatsarebetterthanbeavers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im still peeved about the dino-might title since i am a paleo nerd and Non of the gen one pokemon are dinosaurus and only one is an Archosaur. Also, i think birds needed a little mention in the main archosaur groups since many scientists consider the as archosaurs aswell.

  • @KAWingard302
    @KAWingard302 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some fun facts: The quetzalcoatlus skeleton n the photo is from the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The exhibit was curated by Robert Bakker. He was hired as a consultant for the second JP movie, but one condition for him accepting the contract was for a scene to be written where he was eaten by a T-rex. Robert is the guy wearing the cowboy hat, glasses, and has a big beard that ended up getting eaten by the T-rex in the waterfall scene at night.