My only problem with these fossil Pokémon is that they seem far too complex to be from gen 2. They would fit right in with gen 9 Pokémon, but gen 2 Pokémon are generally more simpler than they are.

My understanding is that the fossilization process is very rare in the grand scheme of things. Imagine all of the creatures we’ll never know about just because they happened to not end up in the fossil record

Love how the first set could also be related to bulbasaur because it having the seeds in its back realized it can get energy from it so it starts by putting seeds on its children to lesson its food consumption and after so long we get what is the bulbasaur line

Japan does have a couple of dinosaur fossils. There was Fukuiraptor, a Megaraptorid, Kamuysaurus, a Hadrosaur, Fukuititan, a sauropod, and more others than one would think

I wish we just had more than just 3 fossil mon at most per region, technically 4 for galar. There's alot of concepts you can make from prehistoric Pokémon within the main timeline, excluding the paradox mons.

Swaysosore has to have a signature ability that's a grass equivalent of steelworker (farmer or fieldworker)

I love the concept of ancient pokemon. Imagine a Legends game where you see all these fossil pokemon and other ancient forms of existing pokemon. Imagine more dinosaur like Meganium, Tropius, Torterra, or Charizard. Maybe a sabertooth Luxray. Mons like Yanmega, Slaking, and mamoswine can exist as they are like the Meganura dragonfly, the megatherium sloth, and the wooly mammoth

Fun Fact: there's a species of Dicynodont (those beaked, two tusked therapsid synapsids) named Bulbasaurus phylloxyron, which the species name phylloxyron translates roughly to leaf razor from ancient Greek. It's noted that it's describers stated its name "may not be entirely coincidental."

I appreciate the Silverfish respect around here, super underrated and cool creatures! The head-clackers are a fun touch :)

Frankly, I wished a game had a sidestory quest thing that was basically jurassic Park, dealing with a criminal group abusing the research facility that revives the pokemon, maybe its even how you learn and gain access to fossil revival

a fossil i wanto see is a ghost-type raptor, its dead, it will kills you, it stalks from the hidden, like its a perfect match

Still hoping we get a Stegosaurus Pokémon because I've seen some really cool designs, one of favorites so far was this design where the Pokémon was a Fire/Electric typing and the plates along it's back were Solar Panels

I have loved the Diictodon ever since I saw the ones in " Walking with Monsters" troll the Gorgonopsid so of course I love Euhdont.

It’s kind of crazy that in three years there weren’t more fossil revival efforts that at least crossed the border to Johto

That Ant Pokemon would have been my favorite pokemon growing up!

I love their design and appearence, they're really well done, especially Mantium with the ancient energy veins it has, so cool. But they don't feel like they come from gen 2. When I look at them I think gen 5, 6 or 7.

I hope we will get a Basilosaurus Pokemon

Not sure how gamefreak will pull this off but I'd love to see a rock/ghost fossil pokemon

Given that they're supposedly designed to fit within the Generation 2 Pokémon games' Johto Region, my biggest criticism would've been that their designs might've seemed a tad bit overly-complex compared to other Gen 2 designs, or even Gen 3 or 4 designs in one notable case. For example, I'd suggest the following changes to make these designs seem more simplified, in order to better fit the rest of the Gen 2 designs: - Euhdont could've stood to have maybe fewer spots or blotches on its body, but otherwise, it seemed to fit in nicely enough with the relatively simplistic Gen 2 design aesthetics. - Swaysosore would've probably needed to have smoother, less-detailed dirt-fur on its back (though a few saplings could've stayed), and its camouflage-like patterns could've been removed in favor of a more simplistic tannish color design, as seen in Pokémon like Sandslash or Donphan. - Toyeem's design seemed simple enough that I'd have had no issues with it being with the rest of the Gen 2 Pokémon lineup. - Finally, for Mantium (whose design seemed VERY modern and complex, like from Gen 7 and onwards), I'd have removed most, if not all, of the glowing cracks throughout its body (perhaps leaving some small ones on the body, such as the top of the head or thorax, to preserve a bit of its porcelain-like design aesthetics), removed some, if not all, of the spots on its body (except for the abdomen, to preserve its resemblance to a domino), and redesigned the eyes so that they'd better resemble, say, a Venomoth's or Ariados's eyes, with a black iris.

I LOOOVE Swaysosoar, and I believe Euhdont fits the criteria of “skrunkly” If I had to choose between the two like Kabuto and Omanyte, I’d choose Euhdont in a heartbeat

The concepts are definitely awesome! Love the twists with how you chose the design ideas for the species you used for it. And the designs are super adorable! Mantium in particular has a really cute personality in how you showed it in the video.

By looking at the thumbnail. I already love these

This just makes me wish that Game Freak made signature moves a core part of pokemon from the start... imagine how cool it would be if the fossil mons and Legendary birds had signature moves (and Mewtwo didn't need to wait for 5 generations to finally get his lol)

- Diictodons are so adorable (you can thank the show Primeval) so I like Euhdont while as for Swaysosore I love it’s design & hard working nature, but after seeing this I really want a Gorgonopsid fossil Pokémon which were are also found in China, has large fangs, & Late Permian period - Toyeen I love that it’s a bug covered with amber & Mantium having a toy theme to them

I did not get excited about the idea of a fossil ant pokemon, but I absolutely adore Mantium. I don't know why. It's just such an adorable execution of a kinda crazy concept.

I like both of these a lot. The second one however became my favorite because of how cute it is! Plus you could play all day with no worries or anything why wouldn't you? ^^

I do love the designs and the duality of them both! However, the main issue is that... Well, Gen 2 pokemon aren't that complex of a design! My main issue is with the Evolved Silverfish Pokémon. Perfect for Gen 8 and 9!... defintely unable to be rendered faithfully in a small pixel format though. The Eudont line I could imagine it, but not the evolved Insect. Which is a shame, because I'd love to have the Insect ones in my team! :'3

I love the design origin and connection to the region. They also look very cool but for a Gen 2 Pokemon they maybe look a little bit to complex. Probably more like a Gen 5 or 7 Pokemon.

I guess the theme for both of these fossil Pokémon is the saying "work hard, play hard".

Being honest, Swaysosores don’t feel “fossily” as their focus in agriculture could be what inspired human civilization in the Pokemon World to get kicking

Your ideas are super creative

I dont want to be that guy but looking back at early fossil pokemon they were really...simple in their design and concept and these feel almost too complicated to be from gen 2

Toyeen looks like a common ancestor of Trapinch (Because of Vibrava, looking at tail), Durant, Grubbin, and Sewaddle. There could be more Pokemon, but those stood out to me. Kind of how Tirtouga is an ancestor of all turtle/tortoise Pokemon. Looks good.

Hey Lockstin, I just gotta say I really appreciate your plucky, go-lucky attitude. On a rough day, I’ll watch your videos and they’ll pick me right up. Thank you, buddy! Keep it up 🙌🏾

I'm impressed with how detailed and educational this was, very nice work and I will check out your other videos, I love Fossil Pokemon and now that I'm literally getting back into the games I plan on, sorry, catching them all.

17:18 like the Zonai in Zelda.

Always enjoy these Lockemon videos and the first three designs are really good! But with Mantium, I gotta say, you went a bit over the top design wise. A kintsuge ant with maybe the domino OR diabolo would have been enough actually. I'd say go for the diabolo as the rock type move sounds really cool!

5:42 "some of the earliest forms of play" shows an adult synapsid hunting a non synapsid parareptile in an attempt to kill and eat it.

Ya know..... If the Johto version of Legends game add prehistoric Pokemon, I would bet Mandibuzz and Drednaw might be perfect for a reason

I had honestly forgotten that Johto did not have Fossil types. I STILL, however, am tiiiicked that Alola doesn't give me a giant Mosasaurus pokemon and maybe a Megalodon-type pokemon. Yeah, yeah...I get why, but I ALSO want to be able to fix the utter body horror nightmares that they made the Gen 8 fossils into. We could have had a Stegosaurus one (I could finally complete my Dinobots team!), the big doofy tank fish with big teeth, and some kind of dragon type. It would have been awesome...so so much less "this is gross...like a cenobite Whismur played with dead flesh" than the pokemon we got.

I am in love with the second line! It would maybe even be my favorite Pokemon if it was official! So good!

Correction: 睡 (Shui) is not sleepy, or tired - it's by far most common use is just to mean "Sleep", as in the verb. When we say "sleepy, weary, etc", we use 累 (Lei), or 疲倦 (PiJuan), or something like that.

I Absol-lutley love your Fossil pokemon vidoes man, the inner child in me always has wondered why some regions didn't have them so your videos give me some much needed closure

Ceratomyrmex is a genus of "hell ant", an extinct clade of ants which all had strange jaws. PBS Eons did a video on them. Great video. If you want to continue this series, a video about "What If Other Regions Had A Single-Stage Fossil Pokemon?" is certainly doable. So is a video featuring the Galar fossils' original true forms. My pick for Unova would be a Rock/Ghost Coelophysis, because of the Ghost Ranch fossil bed. And for Kalos, an ornithischian dinosaur of some kind for full representation of the three clades within Dinosauria: Theropoda, Sauropodamorpha, and Ornithischia.

For someone that doesn’t like ANY fossil-mon, these are now my favorite fossil-mon!

I love that first one and its evolution so much

In Pokémon Gold and Silver Prototype data has a some unused fossil Pokémons like one that looks like a gargoyle but with no arms and another one that is some kind of armored fish creature and the other that kind of looks like Cranidos but with some gem formations and the last one is a skeletal dinosaur

Omg I absolutely love this series! I need to show my paleo professor these videos.

I find it a charming set of concepts

Your fakemon are always the best. You and your team put so much thought into them. Another great video!

Got to say as much as a love having an ancient mammal pokemon, the idea of an ancient advanced civilisation pokemon has got my creative juices pumping. I am going to have to steal that for my next ptu campaign

15:50 "Almost like a beyblade ln it's side", hmmn? Anyone remembers beyWHEELS?

Swaysosore looks like a friend and I must protect it at all costs.

They are friend shaped. They are precious. And I love them

You want Pokéfossils? Nobody better than Vergo.

i love these especially the grumpy baby

The "een" part of Toyeen's name is pretty similar to Irish. In that language the suffix "-ín" (sometimes anglicised as "-een") is added to words when referring to little or cute things. The name Róisín, for instance, means "little rose"

I swear, Lockstin is gonna turn me into a Bug Pokémon fan

Lockstin's Fakemon are the best Fakemon. The rest of Fakemon are just shallow in comparison to Lockemon and actual Pokémon .

I honestly love the idea of Fossilmon as an Paleontologist i really enjoy anything Dinosaur synapsid diapsid Placiderm etc related as we learn more and its recognized by Media. I also would love to see more Permian and Cenozoic inspired Pokemon like the Oligocene and Miocene have so many awesome and interesting mammals

Basing mons on old toys was a genius idea❤

Always love to see vergolophus make fakemon art and Lockstins concepts are so cool

The irony of making a playful 'hell ant'

I'd love to see a Gorgonopsid fossil, but it could possibly be too horrifying to adapt to the world of Pokemon... (It had scales AND hair. Thing was a half reptile, half mammal, full-on freak of nature!)

Toyeem and Mantium have got to be my favorite of the two, it's a fun looking pokemon and looks like it would be pretty good for as bug type.

They would fit right in with the Legends NEO Ghetsis gang!

13:01 Implying that this is the Pokémon in the old amber also implies the amber coated silverfish commonly drinks the blood of Aerodactyl.

Swaysosore is a mood.

Thank you for making a Lystrosaurus mon, that's my favorite dino and they're really underrated!

. aww, looks like an onion with tusks, i love it, Rock/Ground is a type i feel has been forgotten about ever since Gen1, it fits . cool, love the cape of plant matter on its back and how it looks like a crazy placerias monster, again love it . what an odd little dude, reminds me of Wormons pre-evolution from Digimon . i personally would have picked a different prehistoric bug, maybe a Arthroplura or Megarachne

If otium means "Fun, play, leisurely time, relaxation, and more" would "recreation" fit as a translation?

I've been working on my own two fossil Pokemon that I'm hoping people find interesting

Mantium is perfect and I love how Don Bluth-ian Swaysaur is

Gamefreak needs too make you their lore designer.

I LOVE the mantium line😊

Mantium might be that civilization who made Iron Bundle

I adore your content man

I think a ability for Mantium based around its solar power like wings would be cool, but I don’t have any ideas for it

You could have also called it “leisosore”, because “lei” also means tired in mandarin and sounds like leistrosaur and “lay down”

I liked these! Super fun/cute! Poor sway pokemon. XD

Mantium's design is so cool, it's origins too And toyeen is just too cute

All these fossils are really cool, but Mantium is AWESOME design. Absolutely the best of the lot, imo. I sort of adore everything about it. Would absolutely be on my team if it were real.

Eudont with big grumpy baby energy is so cute

The baby proto mammal is straight-up hangry!

'Synapsid' is actually my sleeper agent codephrase Thank you for talking about my special guys! Also, you may have gotten confused about the fur thing bc there IS evidence for synapsids to have had whiskers. Nothing conclusive, of course, but it's possible

11:04 I heard somewhere that we did actually find fur in permian synapsid dung, so you may be correct.

I love the bug one its soooooo cute!

these are awesome

Honestly, I love these. The first pair have a great example of "ugly cute", and the second set...I just really want a mantium for my team.

I love this! I've always wanted Johto fossil Pokémon, and this is better than anything I could have imagined.

I like how Mantiul synthesises food from its wings since queen ants feed their first larvae with something made from the muscle tissues that used to power flight

Dominaant could have worked with dominant in it's name to counter Swaysosaur as if Swaysosaur has to learn techniques and skills to thrive with little "fun" included while Dominaant naturally thrive thanks to their ancestors and have so much free time to socialize and play. You might have the two interact like in A Bug's Life with the ants and the grasshoppers, this time the ants tower over another creature. Dominaants steal from Swaysosaur farms so they don't have to do the hard work, and since swaysosaurs are already so busy with so many kids and duties on the farm, it can't fight the Dominaants at full strength and lets them take a share (kinda like a corporate boss taking the credit for what the overworked intern did, to tie into one of swaysosaur's design inspirations). You could also make this work as a proto-Heatmor and Durant competition, but I don't know how closely related the Lystrosaurus is to anteaters. Really cool designs, I LOVE Swaysosaur!

Amazing video, Gnoggin. The Euhdont & Swaysosore Evolution Line is Interesting and feel sorry for The Swaysosore, and the Toyeen and Mantium Evolution Line is Amazing. What about The Ancient Pokemon for the Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, & Galar Regions, Gnoggin?

On one hand, these designs are incredibly clever and Vergo once again did an awesome job. I especially liked how well researched Euhdont and Swaysosore are, and in any other context, these are Pokemon I think would personally love to have. (also, your Chinese pronunciation wasn't half bad!) I do agree with the other commenters that the designs could be a bit simpler to fit in with Gen II's aesthetic, but otherwise they're great. On the other hand... I'm a little sad because 1) it reads a bit as "China and Japan are interchangeable cultures" (which as an Asian person, it makes me sad to see) and 2) it is a missed opportunity to mention actual fossils found near Kansai or other parts of Japan. There was Toyotamaphimeia -- a crocodylian found when constructing Osaka University, which has a lot of interesting history. There is also some aquatic reptiles, such as a Kaganaia (a dolichosaur) and Shokawa (a choristoderan diapsid). In terms of mammals, there are lots of probosidians found in Japan, as well as the extremely weird hippo-like paleoparadoxid (which I only know of because the natural history museum I work at has one). I understand your logic, and in any other context, I would love these mons. They are solid fossil mons regardless and once again, you and Vergo did a great job. But as mons to represent Johto? There are definitely better options. I hope you don't take this comment the wrong way. I still love your videos and they are always on another level. And I especially love your fossil mon video series a lot!

If I remember correctly, Kansai is treated similarly to how we treat the country in the US. They have a dialect that is very easy to identify and is usually considered out of place among cityfolk.

15:01 So glad to see some hell an representation.

Nice video as always Lockstin.Keep up the good work.❤

SUPER NICE

I like that the ants look just a tiny bit like they could be related to the Paris line.👌

I still would love a pokemon game where we would go back into pre-historic time and fight and catch all pre-historic and the origional alive fossils and having their true origional typings. Hell give some pokemon from our future their pre-historic ancestors.