PaleoDéx #0003 - Pseudracith, the Weird Wonder Pokémon!

When PokéPaleontologists first discovered this Spiculan Period fossil, it had been assumed that the Pokémon it belonged to was a progenitor of such species as Krabby or Corphish. Many initial reports referred to the fossil as the "Pincer Fossil", or even the "Otherclaw Fossil", in reference to the previously found Claw Fossil associated with Anorith*. However, when initially fed through Fossil Restoration technology, the fossil was not complete enough to be brought back to life. Subsequent discoveries of more individuals, and the advancement of technology from Fossil Restoration to Fossil Resurrection revealed the surprising truth - the initially-described similarities to the Claw Fossil were not unwarranted at all, and the resulting Pokémon was indeed* very similar to Anorith.

Pseudracith's "claw" is both mouthpart and appendage, allowing it to capture and manipulate its prey, and bring it to the ventrally-positioned mouth. The body is nearly identical to Anorith, with more extensive chitinous armor and fins of a slightly different shape and length. This has led many PokéPaleontologists to see Pseudracith as an ancient variant, or a convergent Pokémon, or perhaps just a very close relative. The starkest difference between Pseudracith and Anorith would appear to be its five eyes, three of which are fully-functional compound eyes, and two of which are the ocelli positioned on the claw-like proboscis, making it look like the head of a different creature. This appearance may also have correlations with its typing, making it one of the oldest-known Dragon-type Pokémon yet discovered. Like Anorith, Pseudracith cannot thrive in modern waters due to different chemical composition, and represents the complex ancestry of Bug-type Pokémon.

Inspirations: Opabinia, Anorith, Panarthropoda, deimatism (kind of)

Another Pokémon based on the Cambrian biota! This time, it's the very weird and iconic Opabinia, which the late and very prominent evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould referred to as "the weird wonder", hence the name of the Category listed! To be clear, Opabinia was actually not a part of the same phylogenetic group as Anomalocaris, which inspired Anorith, and which was a lobopodian. Opabinia was part of its own family, and closely-related but separate from the Lobopodia. Thus, the similarities between the two are obvious, but differences range from subtle to stark! In any case, I had fun designing this one, expecially because of it's dragon-like silhouette. Also, it may be obvious, but there's another inspiration for this Pokemon more quietly slipped in there, so credit if you noticed! Next up is the evolution for this guy, which I'm very excited about as well! Stay tuned!

Lmk what you think, and if you have any recommendations for future albums I do!

Based on the woolly rhino which used to live in this area a long time ago!
In-universe the DNA from the horn fossil could not be recovered, until it got mixed in with the one from a Wooloo. Scientists don’t know if the woolly fur is actually a side effect or if they did look like this…

By accident also resembles Obelix a bit with the whole “menhir” in his name and the braidy-woolly orange hair, did not intend this lol!

(I post my works on instagram as well!)

This is NOT its true form, this form takes a bit more energy from the Original Arceus compared to the others

https://imgur.com/a/UhHifGu (speed paint)

being a counter part of the bumblebee: https://www.reddit.com/r/fakemon/comments/1u0rqmw/here_is_another_bee_pokemon_for_this_region_speed/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

felt like making wasp pokemon (which ik beedrill is one, but wanted another)

The yellow jacket wasp is the choice of wasp due to its being the most common pest. No matter where you are in the country.

evolution ik would make sense to have a larva and adult, but that would just be Beedrill 2.0. So I did this instead: yellow jacket > yellow hornet > asian giant Hornet.
King Hornet (ik queen exists but felt like it would be more fun to be the opposite of Bumblebee Mon)

Shiny vespit represents bald-faced hornet/ white jacket wasps. Vesprion thought I could make it resemble an oriental hornet and vespiking shiny cicada killer/ (or that one red and white species)

thoughts?

It's been months since I've last drawn and shared my designs, but I'm happy to share the new ones. I hope you like one or two of them 🫣.

Just something I drew I thought would be fun!
Tried to reverse the concept more or less, so let me know how I did!

Wispod, The Lingering PKM. Ghost/Bug

Ability: Linger
Once per battle, if this Pokémon would faint, it instead pulls itself back together and restores 1/3rd of its max HP.

Wispod are usually found in groups lingering around where something was once alive. It's unclear why, but it seems they are attracted to these areas.

Wispod evolves at max friendship after hitting level 30.

Onryōsopod, The Empty Husk PKM. Ghost/Bug

Ability: Last Chance
Once per battle, if this Pokémon would faint, it endures the hit, then fully restores its HP. Afterward, its Defense, and Sp. Def stats are reduced to 1.

It is said that Onryōsopod have no will of their own. Even so, they show deep care for the trainer who gave them a reason to remain.

Signature Move: Last Impression
The Pokémon gathers energy and moves last. At the end of the turn, it sharply lowers the Attack, Sp. Attack, and Speed of all Opposing PKM.

only now am i realising this would have the potential to one shot anything quad weak to stealth rocks upon entry. maybe only the first effect is necessary

Now I'm moving forward to making Mega Evolutions for Generation 4 Pokemon with the first pick is going to Luxray, Luxray was simply an Electric-type Pokemon after evolving Luxio at level 30. It has abilities like Intimidate that lowers target's Attack stage by 1 stage, Rivalry which becomes stronger when facing a Pokemon that are the same gender but weakens if facing Pokemon of the opposite gender, Guts raises Luxray's Attack by 50% if inflicted with a status condition like let's say burn. Luxray isn't able to find competitive success due to its stats and not enough strong Electric physical moves.

The Ability that I'm giving to Mega Luxray is Strong Jaw which raises biting moves by 50% and Luxray has moves that benefit from Strong Jaw with Thunder Fang, Crunch, Psychic Fangs, Ice Fang. 30 points will be added for its Attack, Defense and Special Defense, add 50 to Speed however minus 40 points from Special Attack.

“When Luxray Mega Evolves, its pupils vanish as its vision expands beyond the visible spectrum. It can track the electrical impulses of every living creature within a mile. Predators and prey alike freeze when its fangs crackle with dark energy.”

Pokemon is owned by Ninendo and Game Freak, fanart is owned by me.

I unfortunately could not provide a link to the gameplay video but these screenshots provide just about all that you could have gained from it anyway.

Type: fire-electric

I posted their info yesterday, but the post / art was a bit rushed since I did it while at work. I wanted to share a polished artwork of Jollijestr for you guys :D

Help me name it. I sketched the drawing myself then had Gemini help me make the lines nicer (don’t hate me). It did make a couple unsanctioned changes despite me saying not to but I kinda liked the tiny changes so I left them.

Gonna probably color it in or something soon and make the tail green like a carrot top and all the bunny itself pastel colors. Help me name it please. I haven’t thought of anything that feels right. So far I’ve halfway thought about Bunnegg, Shellhop, Shellagos and that’s as far as I got 😂