Species: fossil pokémon

A fossil is a trace or piece of an organism from the past, such as a skeleton, shell, or leaf, preserved in the earth.

In the Pokémon world, Fossils of prehistoric Pokémon are items which can be revived into living Pokémon using techniques developed by the Devon Corporation and a research laboratory on Cinnabar Island. The two institutions purportedly developed their techniques independently of each other at around the same time. There are also other scientists around the Pokémon world who can revive Fossils using these techniques.

Pokémon revived from Fossils are commonly called Fossil Pokémon. The majority of Fossil Pokémon are part Rock-type (with the exceptions of Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish).

Note: Gen II and Gen VII did not introduce any new Fossil Pokémon.