Archeops (Pokémon)


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Archeops (Japanese: アーケオス Archeos) is a dual-type Fossil  introduced in Generation V.

It evolves from starting at level 37, after it is revived from a Plume Fossil.

Biology
Archeops is a large, flying creature that bears similarities to a dinosaur. Its featherless, scaly head is red with a green stripe running along the top. Its mouth is filled with sharp teeth. Its eyes are white with black pupils and no irises. Its body is covered with frayed-looking, yellow and blue feathers designed for flight on its arms and legs enabling all four of its limbs to act as wings. All of these "wings" bear sharp claws. It has a ring of smaller green feathers on the ankles. Its tail is completely red and featherless except for a fan of blue feathers at the end, and as with the , it has fully-movable vertebrae in its tail instead of a. Its plumage is very delicate.

It is capable of flying, but is more adept at running. It can outrun even an automobile. It has the intelligence to work with its partners in order to catch prey. Archeops is extinct, but can be revived via fossils. Archeops is omnivorous, along with hunting for prey, it has been seen eating fruit in the anime.

Major appearances
Multiple Archeops debuted in Archeops In The Modern World!, including one that evolved from a revived female. The female Archeops reappeared in a flashback in Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!.

Minor appearances
Multiple Archeops appeared in the opening sequence of Black—Victini and Reshiram.

Multiple Archeops appeared in a flashback in A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1. They then physically appeared in the follow-up episode.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
befriended an Archeops when he was an. He took part in N's battle against Alder in The Lesson Ends Here.

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Trivia

 * Archeops is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 567.
 * It is also the only Pokémon whose base stat total matches its National Pokédex number.
 * This number is also part of the number 567.9, the number for feathered dinosaurs.
 * No other Pokémon has the same Egg Group combination as Archeops and its.
 * Archeops and its pre-evolution are the only Fossil Pokémon without Hidden Abilities.

Origin
Archeops appears to draw inspiration from the , believed by scientists to be the earliest of all birds; this is also referenced by its species as the "First Bird" Pokémon. It may also be based on the s of ancient n mythologies, as well as s in general.

Name origin
Archeops and Archeos may be derived from Archaeopteryx; the suffix -ops, which is common in dinosaur names; or the ancient Greek words αρχαιος (archaīos) meaning "ancient" and ωψ (ops) meaning "face".