Pkmn:Fossil Pokémon

Fossil Pokémon (Japanese: 化石 ポケモン) are Pokémon traditionally revived from fossils in the main-series Pokémon games. The extent of Human influence over the fossil Pokémon or the Pokémon World is unknown and remains one of the Unanswered Lore Questions. However, through in-game dialogue, descriptions, and so on, it's known that humans do/did exist and that fossil Pokémon have been revived by them.

Omanyte directly states that it was revived from a fossil and Anorith says it was told that it was revived from a fossil, but doesn't specify who made the claim in their Dungeon Dialogue in  Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon.

Fossil Pokémon

• Aerodactyl
• Amaura
  • Aurorus
• Anorith
  • Armaldo
• Archen
  • Archeops
• Kabuto
  • Kabutops
• Omanyte
  • Omastar
• Tirtouga
  • Carracosta
• Tyrunt
  • Tyrantrum

Related Reading

• Anorith Dialogue in Pokémon Super Mystery dungeon.
• PKMN News: Kabuto Feels Young Again!
• Omanyte Dialogue in Pokémon Super Mystery dungeon.

Trivia

• Despite claiming to have memories of "100,000,000 years ago", Relicanth is not actually a fossil Pokémon and is instead based on the Coelacanth, a stabilomorph, which is a species that has survived the mass extinction of all other related species.
  • It's unknown how Kabuto has memories of "the old days", as it was presumably revived from a fossil. Though it may also be an indication that some Kabuto didn't go extinct. In this scenario, the non-extinct Kabuto should be evolutionarily different from those that were revived.

In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Fossil Pokémon
Japanese		化石 ポケモン