🐚 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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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!

[@Gnoggin]

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[@BlueKazm]

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

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Ok

[@Cliffordlonghead]

@@BlueKazm DAMMIT U

[@zeusthefox1585]

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

[@dubbacheezbugga5366]

That scene with the pillows had me dying hehehe

[@leafeon8956]

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]

Technically, Amber is a type of fossil

[@leafeon8956]

@@charizardfan1017 well I learned something new today

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

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

[@sazzle3616]

Anyone remember when the pokerap said AERODACTYL

[@zeusthefox1585]

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]

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]

Kabuto is best

[@Japaneseanimeguy]

@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]

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

[@SeantheSharkGuy]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@Gnoggin]

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

[@bojanssen6169]

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]

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

[@jokedann]

I was expecting this comment. Thanks for writing it.

[@realVoltairex]

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

[@trendybrendy4483]

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]

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]

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

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

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

[@gustavju4686]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@insanitygaming1526]

WHY NOT BOTH

[@Ditidos]

@@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]

@@Ditidos sorry what

[@CradilyBestPokemon]

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

[@meloli8941]

yikes

[@Ditidos]

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]

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

[@Jayzor92]

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]

Source?

[@insanitygaming1526]

@@Jayzor92 not only that but bulbasaurus razor leaf

[@Jayzor92]

@@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]

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]

I wanted an Iguanadon sooooo badly for Galar

[@dfrgnovalelapenamirar4450]

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

[@ORelic]

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]

I would love to see the therizinosaurus as a fossil mon

[@dylanhelvetios2300]

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

[@idiotgoddess2114]

Omanyte’s design is just pure Dinomyte

[@BlueKazm]

I see what you did there

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

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

[@mini-_]

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

[@joj5150]

OH MY GOD IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS.

[@anzahanifathallah]

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

[@Masked_Darkness]

Good idea

[@MatiNuva1724]

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

[@TheGreenElbow]

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

[@MatiNuva1724]

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

[@giboit.]

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.

[@oldmanpippo]

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)

[@dagkyco8152]

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…

[@28kingofkings]

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]

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]

@@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_]

@@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]

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...".

[@stoneryan69]

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

[@A11V1R15]

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

[@ShinyBuzzwole]

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).

[@rainbowturtle]

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]

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]

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

[@mds_main]

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

[@thewalrusclown]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@TerraVulture]

@@TheGreenElbow bruh yeah lol

[@Mimikyu_Lov3r]

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]

Why do people call it lord helix

[@jerryakatony5724]

@@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]

@@jerryakatony5724 ooooooooh thanks

[@onijester56]

@@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.

[@Dillium]

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

[@foxalive1772]

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.

[@grantdaily9662]

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

[@FBIandre123]

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).

[@Sirknite-ju9fx]

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

[@properjellydontbeproper3652]

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

[@fazul5674]

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

[@bigsalmon7973]

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]

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]

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

[@bbqbunger2350]

This comment really shows how forgettable X and Y were.

[@annoyedavocado6039]

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

[@Ditidos]

@@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.

[@thisismyaltaccount4195]

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

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

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

[@arcticdino1650]

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

[@didack1419]

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]

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

[@didack1419]

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

[@arcticdino1650]

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

[@kumonoameai]

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) ^.^

[@ElhPudding]

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.

[@thewoollyviking5928]

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

[@solidskullz5736]

Praise helix

[@pieterhofkens7259]

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

[@mesworld1350]

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

[@Jormyyy]

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

[@didack1419]

@@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.

[@mrjello11gaming44]

I love this series already!

[@duddude321]

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

[@Violet_iris]

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

[@haculia]

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

[@dansuryuu8254]

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

[@ZeroN1neZero]

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

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

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

[@tommybrady9648]

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

[@evanbrooks1926]

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]

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

[@timmyrap1o1]

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

[@DarkusWarrior]

Nice, a video about my favorite group of pokemon.

[@scaliedog2777]

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 🥶

[@thecanadiandane7262]

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!

[@qthesorrow7899]

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

[@AbsolXGuardian]

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.

[@Tyler_Smiler]

Favorite ad segment ever. A+

[@lf4807]

I liked this series, looking forward for the videos

[@gabr.7878]

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)

[@misterzygarde6431]

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]

That's existed since Gen 1, Bulbasaurus Phylloxyron.

[@ZombieBarioth]

@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

[@seraph_rj5700]

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

[@seraph_rj5700]

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

[@catsr2741]

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

[@ScottaHemi440]

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

[@laylahame]

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

[@Japanlover79]

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.

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

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

[@JustJohn43]

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

[@dfrgnovalelapenamirar4450]

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

[@excalibursaurusm5701]

Aerodactyl is my favorite Pokemon. I love fossil Pokemon

[@coolwaghmare]

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

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

I love Prehistory and I love thsi amazing video

[@maeveburgess4553]

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

[@evodolka]

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

[@skorupigo5544]

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

[@bricksoups]

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)

[@doga9742]

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

[@bobbycallaway1819]

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

[@marinamoraes6174]

Could be 'tops' in Kabutops also be a reference to how some prehistoric creatures were named? Like Triceratops, for example

[@jb0258]

That was some crazy good character development with the mattress.

[@ijustslamonthekeyboardandm6476]

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

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

🤔 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. 😄👍

[@Asgeirsun]

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

[@Ijustwatchthevids]

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.

[@coop-likes]

Kabutops probably gets it’s scythes from anomalocaris the first super predator hence it’s armor on its back being layered and pointy plates

[@ryanwalston5239]

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)

[@guillermorey2574]

New series, about fossils? cool!!!

[@luissantiago5163]

Ayy awesome!! Cool

[@Minohorse]

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.

[@WasThisMail]

I do hope you finish this seres I love fossil mons and all things paleontological

[@itslergan]

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

[@TheGrizzlo503]

"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

[@crh1985]

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

[@jesusriced]

As a person also on lexapro i feel you my man. I feel you

[@imthesauropodgod1575]

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

[@dimetrodon2250]

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.

[@tompenneck8596]

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

[@treybrzezowski3259]

11:26 Ha, I already am!... That's not something I should sound proud of...

[@KingJH0510]

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

[@mattwo7]

11:06 My favorite dinosaur is deinosuchus. :P