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.
==Biology==
Archeops is a large, avian that bears traits of both birds and reptiles. Its featherless, scaly snake-like 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, taking a running start to take flight with its weak wing muscles. To achieve flight, Archeops must run nearly 25 mph (40 km/h) as it builds up speed over a course that is 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) long. Archeops can hunt more efficiently when on the ground. Archeops is known to be intelligent, hunting for its prey in packs. One Archeops first corners the prey before another swoops down on it. It can outrun even an automobile. It has the intelligence to work with its partners to catch prey. Archeops are extinct but can be revived via fossils. Archeops is omnivorous; along with hunting for prey, it was shown eating fruit in the episode Archeops In The Modern World!.
Archeops and its pre-evolved form, , are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Evolution===
Archeops evolves from .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Archeops in the
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Archeops is available in Version 1.3.0+.
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By a prior Evolution====
====By transfer from another generation====
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
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 second part.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
 befriended an Archeops when it was an . It participated in N's against Alder in The Lesson Ends Here.
==In the TCG==
==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.
* Archeops and its pre-Evolution are the only Pokémon in the .
===Origin===
Archeops appears to draw inspiration from the , once believed by scientists to be the earliest of all birds; this is also referenced by its species as the "First Bird" Pokémon. Its body shape also resembles that of a , which notably had feathers on its legs, like this 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 and -ops (common suffix in names of prehistoric animals derived from the Ancient Greek word for face). Archeops may also allude to Cheops, the Greek name for Egyptian pharaoh .
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Fossil
==External links==
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