Lileep and Cradily are based on crinoids, also known as sea lilies, which you can see in their names. They might not be actual plants, but they’re kinda close. Their fossils are very recognizable. Long stems with little fronds at the end, you know the exact shape of the Pokémon.
Like Relicanth & Genesect, while Carbink has never been lumped with the true fossils, the dex entries have said that it sleeps deep underground for 100 of millions years & is spotted within cave diggings from time to time.
@@HiddenPowerPodcast the wild fossil pokemon in the crown tundra were restored and released so people could see them in a somewhat natural environment/trainers can catch I am pretty sure it's mentioned by an npc
Fossil Pokémon need more love. We need a Legends game where Celebi takes you through time saving Ilex Forest from some sort of time distorting evil Pokémon/team.
@@michaeltran4275 yeah to me cross generation stages sound very Good specially :) gyrados ancient form, alot of mons could have a variant like tyranitar, , a pré historic Salamance, every dragon type I guess. Carnívore, vicious plants, vileplume and venusaur like would fit.. Could be a cool place to explore Im with Lumiose here, I really enjoy this biology aspect pokemon really had in the begging! Even the designs I like it more animal like,. Dont have problem with the goofy ones :) there could be a few more mean. I just want more pré historic stuff.. I wouldnt mine an all game on it! :p
39:44 Maybe this isn’t said outright and it’s only a theory, but there is like, a science group in the Crown Tundra and I think that they seem to have been releasing Fossil Pokemon they had been reviving.
33:45 -ish Dusty, the reason the Crown tundra is overrun with Fossil Pokémon, definitely has more to do with the fact somebody-*cough* Cara Liss *cough* - was constantly reviving fossil Pokemon to the point they escaped into the wild, and we needed up with Jurassic (Pokemon) World, before the actual Jurassic World Series got there.
I love dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, so when I heard about Fossil Pokemon, I was immediately in love. My favorite Rock type is actually a Fossil. Tyrantrum. The T. Rex is my favorite dinosaur, Dragon is my favorite type and it’s a reddish color with orange accents. It’s too perfect. I was really hoping you new fossils in SV, kinda. I don’t know if I really thought about it. It wasn’t until a little while after that I actually realized that there were no fossils lol.
Man, the pod reminding me of the BONE WARS. I haven't thought about that in forever. I was under the assumption it was largely a US event-but now I want to read about what the dang Brits were doing with those bones 😂
29:00 I will actually push back on Aerodactyl being Dragon type. If the Mega is closer to the true Aerodactyl, then it probably actually was Rock type. And I feel similarly with Craniodos. It’s pure Rock type, which makes men think it’s supposed to be Rock type. Bastiodon might only be Steel type and the Rock type isn’t necessary on it.
Hot take: All Fossil Pokémon should get a Cross-Generation Evolution Stage as well as the Regional Variants’ Forms Aerodactyl also should also get the Cross-Generation Evolution Stage(s) and Regional Variants’ Forms in case if Mega Evolution is somehow barred and denied from returning back to the role of being a playable battle gimmick mechanic tactic again
I've always believed that the rock type was kinda filling in the missing DNA just like in Jurassic Park. They were definitely influenced by the original movie, old amber seems like an obvious reference. Also do you know where there are wild fossil Pokemon y'all forgot to mention? Florio Island in New Pokemon Snap! That's right this is your reminder to play the best Pokemon game ever.
19:25 Amaura and Aurorus are based on the Amargasaurus. A type of long neck/sauropod that had long spines on their neck. We haven’t been sure if they were actually fans or spikes, but I think we can say fan, but like one fan not two.
Lilieep is based off a ancient animal not a plant, AI Overview Learn more…Opens in new tab  The Pokémon Lileep is based on crinoids, soft-bodied animals with spiky bodies and radial symmetry that resemble flowers. Crinoids are grouped with starfish and sea urchins under the phylum Echinodermata. Many crinoids are immobile, like Lileep, but some living crinoids, called feather stars, can swim freely
I have actually had an idea for a game, maybe like a Legends style game, where your player character is sent back to prehistoric times where there’s all living Fossil Pokemon and you have to craft Pokeballs from Apricorns. And maybe you can choose certain Pokémon to ride like in Let’s Go. I would be all over that.
15:13 Erm actually, lol. Pterosaur, flying reptile. Not technically a dinosaur. Craniodos and Shieldon are the first proper dinosaur Fossils. I’m sure I didn’t actually need to say it. Edit: Okay, yeah, lol. You guys knew. The difference is just body structure and genetics. Dinosaurs are all more similar to each other than they are to pterosaurs.
You guys, if you haven't, do a discussion as to the future paradox pokemon, for example, what made them that way, are they organic or cybernetic, was there a doomsday event which lead to become a cyborg as a means for survival?
Imagine paradox pokemon werent based on another pokemon, would you like that original design Imagine fossil pokemon had stats like paradox pokemon and upgraded designs to reflect that.
Many of the Hawai’ian islands are simply too young to have fossils. Most would be shells, which wouldn’t be out of the ordinary but treads a lot of the same paths of existing fossil Pokémon
20:16 y’all do realize that dinosaurs are a taxonomic group of real animals that existed in real life right? The reason y pterosaurs, and plesiosaur, and mosasaurs r not dinosaurs is that they r just genetically, taxonomically not dinosaurs. It’s that simple. Crocodilians r more closely related to dinosaurs than any of those other animals r, so if u count pterosaurs, and plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs as dinosaurs, then u definitely also have to count the crocodilians too. In fact, by that logic, all reptiles are dinosaurs. Dinosaurs aren’t just a bunch of toy monsters that we played with as kids, they were real animals. And the specificity of calling something a dinosaur is just how paleontologist and biologist taxonomically keep track of how these animals are related to each other. It’s really not that complicated lol.
What if theorizing that the de-fossilization process is imperfect, we think more like what is actually true in the real world: Creatures started as more cephalopod, shellfish, and nautiluses, slowly evolved over time into creatures like shieldon and tyrunt, then into formes like Arceops, slowly turning into the animals we know more and more today.
the reason behind the amalgamation was because the paleontologists, Cope and Marsh, were in such a rush to name new species to destroy the other that they just named every single bone a new dinosaur, and they even sent their assistants to each other's dig sites to destroy fossils. This went on for a whole decade before Cope up 'n died on the streets with not a cent and Marsh cruelly, I kid you not, took Cope's spine as a trophy. They named a whole lotta famous species, like Allosaurus, Brontosaurus (yeah this is valid now), Ceratosaurus, Diplodocus, Dimetrodon, and Uintatherium. (Sorry if I got the roles of the 2 wrong, I can never remember who did what only who was there and what happened.)
There are like 2 definitions of dinosaur out there. The scientific definition of it being apart of Dinosauria like how crocodiles and alligators are apart Crocodilia, and the definition of a dinosaur being just any prehistoric reptile. I disagree with wanting to just call them all dinosaurs but I dont understand getting mad about it.
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Lileep and Cradily are based on crinoids, also known as sea lilies, which you can see in their names. They might not be actual plants, but they’re kinda close. Their fossils are very recognizable. Long stems with little fronds at the end, you know the exact shape of the Pokémon.
I would love to see how gamefreak would tackle a rock/fairy fossil Pokemon
Like Relicanth & Genesect, while Carbink has never been lumped with the true fossils, the dex entries have said that it sleeps deep underground for 100 of millions years & is spotted within cave diggings from time to time.
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@@HiddenPowerPodcast the wild fossil pokemon in the crown tundra were restored and released so people could see them in a somewhat natural environment/trainers can catch I am pretty sure it's mentioned by an npc
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We need more fossil pokemon lore
Fossil Pokémon need more love. We need a Legends game where Celebi takes you through time saving Ilex Forest from some sort of time distorting evil Pokémon/team.
Absolutely
Also use to think about that ideal with Celebi! Pré historic pokemon, and regional variants, if done with lore and care would be awesome!
@@Eueqorogu And we also need Cross-Generation Evolution Stages and Mega-Evolved forms for the Fossil Pokémon as well
@@michaeltran4275 yeah to me cross generation stages sound very Good specially :) gyrados ancient form, alot of mons could have a variant like tyranitar, , a pré historic Salamance, every dragon type I guess. Carnívore, vicious plants, vileplume and venusaur like would fit.. Could be a cool place to explore Im with Lumiose here, I really enjoy this biology aspect pokemon really had in the begging! Even the designs I like it more animal like,. Dont have problem with the goofy ones :) there could be a few more mean. I just want more pré historic stuff.. I wouldnt mine an all game on it! :p
39:44 Maybe this isn’t said outright and it’s only a theory, but there is like, a science group in the Crown Tundra and I think that they seem to have been releasing Fossil Pokemon they had been reviving.
33:45 -ish
Dusty, the reason the Crown tundra is overrun with Fossil Pokémon, definitely has more to do with the fact somebody-*cough* Cara Liss *cough* - was constantly reviving fossil Pokemon to the point they escaped into the wild, and we needed up with Jurassic (Pokemon) World, before the actual Jurassic World Series got there.
It was today I said her name out loud and understood. Don’t ask why it took so long to catch on to the not so subtle “dig” on Cara Liss. 😂
New HPP episode let’s gooooooo
I love dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, so when I heard about Fossil Pokemon, I was immediately in love. My favorite Rock type is actually a Fossil. Tyrantrum. The T. Rex is my favorite dinosaur, Dragon is my favorite type and it’s a reddish color with orange accents. It’s too perfect. I was really hoping you new fossils in SV, kinda. I don’t know if I really thought about it. It wasn’t until a little while after that I actually realized that there were no fossils lol.
Man, the pod reminding me of the BONE WARS. I haven't thought about that in forever. I was under the assumption it was largely a US event-but now I want to read about what the dang Brits were doing with those bones 😂
I always felt bad in my gen 1 play throughs ditching my Pidgeot for an Aerodactyl.
Hoping we get a giant sloth fossil and an ankylosaurus
11:51 Sounds like a possible Convergent Pokemon. That could go hard.
What would be cool, is a humanoid fossil Mon. Like a caveman Pokemon! Awesome Fossil vid!
29:00 I will actually push back on Aerodactyl being Dragon type. If the Mega is closer to the true Aerodactyl, then it probably actually was Rock type. And I feel similarly with Craniodos. It’s pure Rock type, which makes men think it’s supposed to be Rock type. Bastiodon might only be Steel type and the Rock type isn’t necessary on it.
Hot take:
All Fossil Pokémon should get a Cross-Generation Evolution Stage as well as the Regional Variants’ Forms
Aerodactyl also should also get the Cross-Generation Evolution Stage(s) and Regional Variants’ Forms in case if Mega Evolution is somehow barred and denied from returning back to the role of being a playable battle gimmick mechanic tactic again
Back 2 back HPP episodes let’s goooooo!
Fossilmons are literally my fav pokemon. Fav episode! Cranidos forever.
Fossil pokemon are top tier , we deserve a legends cradily
Tyrantrum, rampardos are the best designed fossil Pokemon
Also cradily and lileep is based off of cranoids fossils
Only just starting, but I can't wait to hear about the greatest fossil of all time "Dracovish"
I've always believed that the rock type was kinda filling in the missing DNA just like in Jurassic Park. They were definitely influenced by the original movie, old amber seems like an obvious reference.
Also do you know where there are wild fossil Pokemon y'all forgot to mention? Florio Island in New Pokemon Snap! That's right this is your reminder to play the best Pokemon game ever.
I hope we get Mammalian fossil pokemon at some point.
Underrated idea right here
Love this! Hopefully Gen 10 will give us more fossil mons no matter where we go so we can explore more PokePalaeontology
19:25 Amaura and Aurorus are based on the Amargasaurus. A type of long neck/sauropod that had long spines on their neck. We haven’t been sure if they were actually fans or spikes, but I think we can say fan, but like one fan not two.
The best thing about the Galar fossils is that we don’t even have complete fossils of them in real life. We only have parts of them.
Lilieep is based off a ancient animal not a plant, AI Overview
Learn more…Opens in new tab

The Pokémon Lileep is based on crinoids, soft-bodied animals with spiky bodies and radial symmetry that resemble flowers. Crinoids are grouped with starfish and sea urchins under the phylum Echinodermata. Many crinoids are immobile, like Lileep, but some living crinoids, called feather stars, can swim freely
40:55 hasn't pokemon done this with Lapras or am I having a stroke?
I have actually had an idea for a game, maybe like a Legends style game, where your player character is sent back to prehistoric times where there’s all living Fossil Pokemon and you have to craft Pokeballs from Apricorns. And maybe you can choose certain Pokémon to ride like in Let’s Go. I would be all over that.
15:13 Erm actually, lol. Pterosaur, flying reptile. Not technically a dinosaur. Craniodos and Shieldon are the first proper dinosaur Fossils. I’m sure I didn’t actually need to say it.
Edit: Okay, yeah, lol. You guys knew. The difference is just body structure and genetics. Dinosaurs are all more similar to each other than they are to pterosaurs.
You guys shouldve had me on this one 😂
Doesn't relicanth and dracovish face look pretty similar?
That could be a nod to it prehistoric form
You guys, if you haven't, do a discussion as to the future paradox pokemon, for example, what made them that way, are they organic or cybernetic, was there a doomsday event which lead to become a cyborg as a means for survival?
Imagine paradox pokemon werent based on another pokemon, would you like that original design
Imagine fossil pokemon had stats like paradox pokemon and upgraded designs to reflect that.
You guys missed Dragopault. It revived itself and is based on an ancient amphibian that existed long before the dinosaurs
Kabuto is based on Trilobites
Omanyte is based on Ammonites
I used to think Kabutops and Scyther were related same with Aerodactyl and Charizard
Many of the Hawai’ian islands are simply too young to have fossils. Most would be shells, which wouldn’t be out of the ordinary but treads a lot of the same paths of existing fossil Pokémon
Everybody I knew got mad at me for saying aerodactyl instead of teradactyl lol
20:16 y’all do realize that dinosaurs are a taxonomic group of real animals that existed in real life right? The reason y pterosaurs, and plesiosaur, and mosasaurs r not dinosaurs is that they r just genetically, taxonomically not dinosaurs. It’s that simple. Crocodilians r more closely related to dinosaurs than any of those other animals r, so if u count pterosaurs, and plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs as dinosaurs, then u definitely also have to count the crocodilians too. In fact, by that logic, all reptiles are dinosaurs. Dinosaurs aren’t just a bunch of toy monsters that we played with as kids, they were real animals. And the specificity of calling something a dinosaur is just how paleontologist and biologist taxonomically keep track of how these animals are related to each other. It’s really not that complicated lol.
What if theorizing that the de-fossilization process is imperfect, we think more like what is actually true in the real world:
Creatures started as more cephalopod, shellfish, and nautiluses, slowly evolved over time into creatures like shieldon and tyrunt, then into formes like Arceops, slowly turning into the animals we know more and more today.
The bone wars were in the US and it was between 2 paleontologists.
the reason behind the amalgamation was because the paleontologists, Cope and Marsh, were in such a rush to name new species to destroy the other that they just named every single bone a new dinosaur, and they even sent their assistants to each other's dig sites to destroy fossils.
This went on for a whole decade before Cope up 'n died on the streets with not a cent and Marsh cruelly, I kid you not, took Cope's spine as a trophy.
They named a whole lotta famous species, like Allosaurus, Brontosaurus (yeah this is valid now), Ceratosaurus, Diplodocus, Dimetrodon, and Uintatherium.
(Sorry if I got the roles of the 2 wrong, I can never remember who did what only who was there and what happened.)
I like the theory that fossil Pokémon are rock type, because only rock Pokémon fossilises and only they can be restored.
And that also explains why there are not that many of them
There are like 2 definitions of dinosaur out there. The scientific definition of it being apart of Dinosauria like how crocodiles and alligators are apart Crocodilia, and the definition of a dinosaur being just any prehistoric reptile. I disagree with wanting to just call them all dinosaurs but I dont understand getting mad about it.
I hope for gen 10 we get a megalodon shark fossilmon lol, and maybe its counterpart can be a kraken or something😅
I want a relicanth evolution
They should give Relicanth an evolution, just to ruin the entire point and anger the fanbase
Another sleepless night, another rant I can sleep through. Thank y’all for putting me to rest bois 🙃
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I hate the gen 8 fossils as fossil pokemon, i know there is lore to why but they stand out from the rest in a bad way imo
I like them
Japanese name for ancient power translates closer to Primitive Power... whats that mean eh? Why does it cause +1 omniboost