Interested in Fossil Pokemon?

[Pkmn Irl]

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Welcome to the blog for the Oreburgh Mining Museum Fossil Pokemon Revival Program!

We're a museum based in Sinnoh that for the longest time focused mainly on telling people about Oreburgh's thriving mining economy- but in more recent years as more and more fossil pokemon become discovered, under the guidance of Doctor Kenzo, the museum has branched out into research and education about fossil pokemon!

We have herds and packs of almost every known variety of fossil pokemon, each kept in enclosures tailored to each Pokemon's needs.

Fossil Zoo hours are 8am-4pm if you'd ever like to come take a tour/look around our enclosures, and if you're interested in the museum side of things it's open from 7am to 6pm, our employees are always happy to answer your questions!

You may already be familiar with one of the residents of our nursery wing, Aegis of @sturdy-and-soundproof, and we hope you enjoy meeting the other residents within our facility!

Meet the OMMFRP Team!

Dr Kenzo, He/Him- The leader of the Oreburgh Mining Museum Fossil Revival Program (OMMFRP)! He's one of the leading experts in fossil research and restoration, with years of experience in different regions before beginning this project in 2000. He has a great love for fossil pokemon and is always happy to answer any questions you have! While they're not his personal pokemon- he does have a few favorite residents many regard as "his".

Kristen, They/She- The ever positive Kristen is always happy to answer questions about the nursery wing and the socialization of our young fossil Pokemon- She has a personal team of four!

Plover, They/Them- Plover handles anything from administering daily medicines to regular check-ups for our Nursery Wing. they've also been branching out into working with some of the older pokemon under the guidance of some of the more experienced nurses! They have a personal team of 2

Silver, He/it- One of our newest employees, though he's not specific to the nursery wing he's well versed in the training of pokemon, and has a personal team of 6!

Any other team members that frequent the blog will be added soon enough!

Thank you for visiting, we hope to see you again soon!

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Pelipper Mail: Open!

Magic Anons: Closed!

(Ooc under the cut)

Hi, this is a blog by Tori, it's unfortunately mostly inactive at the moment(though I intend to post more eventually lolol) if you're interested in my other blogs please check out @twodragons-blooper-reel

[rock-pokemon-appreciator]

i think i should be allowed to stone edge cara liss

[twodragons-blooper-reel]

Round 1 Poll 2-

Welcome to the first round!! 16 contenders enter, 8 will leave! Who wins? You decide!

If you don't know who to vote for, propaganda is provided at the bottom of the post!

You're encouraged to leave your own propaganda for either character in the tags, replies or reblogs of any post (or send an ask) it will be added to future polls if the character moves on :]

Our second match of the round is between Plover and Kristen of @oreburghminingmuseum and Steele of @clockwork-soul-heart

Which One?

Plover and Kristen

Steele

Voting ended onApr 14, 2024

Plover and Kristen Propaganda:

Plover and Kristen are Aegis's caretakers! They care a lot about him, they're kinda like his moms

Plover is a medical specialist for fossil pokemon and Kristen is a behavioral specialist for fossil pokemon!

They're dating each other!

Steele Propaganda:

Steele is a jigglypuff hybrid(Though the fairy type dna is very far back in her bloodline)

After her mom died when she was 4, she got really attached to a Magearna and her mom possessed it and then trapped her in a "clockwork kingdom" that was a huge tower made out of scrap metal and gears.

She's the only one of my blogs that's made me hit post limit and I think that's really funny

She wants to be a knight! She has a list of things she needs and everything.

Submitted propaganda:

[oreburghminingmuseum]

I dabble in paleontology, so I'm curious: has any research been done into why Velocizolt & Nykazolt were able to pronate their wrists? Modern Bird Pokémon, and other fossil maniraptorans weren't able to articulate their wrists in such a manner, so it felt like a relevant line of inquiry.

The wrists of the Velocizolt line are quite the curiosity indeed! We've found in our studies of the specimens currently in their enclosure that the pronation of their wrists help them a good deal in climbing the rock faces of their home! They likely developed this due to lacking the larger flight-capable wings the other bird-like fossil pokemon have.

((Ooc answer under the cut because I feel bad ;-;))

//I apologize I missed this six hours ago LMAO

but also I apologize if this answer isn't super satisfying because the doylist(is that the right word) answer of "I kept the relevant canon half of the pokemon intact when designing so it's recognizable" doesn't exactly work in universe.

I DO love dinosaurs, I am unfortunately just not well versed in biology so I can't. Provide what I feel is a super satisfying answer haha.

[twodragons-blooper-reel]

Let's roll the bloopers!

Hi there! It's @twodragonsinatrenchcoat I run several Pokemon IRL blogs in the rotumblr sphere and I wanted to make a sort of hub for them! Not just for organization and a spot to hold onto ask games I enjoy- but for meme and AU purposes as well!

I'll post ooc updates as well as jokes I have while writing here from time to time as well :3

Feel free to ask any and all questions pertaining to the blogs that are listed below!

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@mareeplings <- My first pkmn Irl blog :D I dream of returning to it someday but I can't find the inspiration.

@dakota-and-paris <- About a girl who has had way too much on her plate for thirteen years and will continue to have too much on her plate until I say so. (Currently mostly inactive, but I reblog things there occasionally)

@distortion-escapee <- A blog for my personal take on giratina, related to Dakota's blog.

@spiralled-and-spliced <- Another blog with relation to Dakota, was my first attempt at a villain blog. Never really took off but the character exists :)

@snarling-maschiff <- a blog with a normal person running it as opposed to all my other blogs (whoops) They like dog pokemon!

@disparate-traveller <- A faller blog about my character Diamond who yeeted themselves into Rotomblr to hang out with their bestie

@devilisinthedeinos <- A "Sleeby" named Eris who turned into a deino after getting top surgery. There's something else behind the scenes there...

@sturdy-and-soundproof <- What you probably know me from! Aegis! Shieldon boy! I'm not sure how best to explain him besides he's cute. Has a whole slew of blogs related to him which are up next :)

@oreburghminingmuseum <- A blog about Aegis's caretakers and the museum they work for! Mostly an excuse for a place where I can post non-shieldon fossil pokemon art-

@drifting-rocket <- Kidnapped Aegis a couple times. His name is Drifter, he's a Team Rocket Executive. He's got so many issues.

@wayward-silver <- One of 13* Silver blogs, he's a mew taking the form of his past life. Was stuck underground as a ditto for like 20 years though.

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That's all my blogs. If I'm answering a question about a specific blog I'll put it in the tags.

I'm open to questions directed at characters, directed at myself, au talking- Just about anything honestly! This is just a fun sort-of hub for my pokemon blogs.

uhhh love y'all bye for now! <3

[oreburghminingmuseum]

[ @gift-anon asked: ] Hello there! I found a pretty weird looking fossil, and I wanted to ask you guys what it was all about.. It looks like the sail fossil for Amaura, but it doesn't exactly.. It's like the fossil was broken in a way, and merged with another fossil (Which I think is the Helix or Dome fossil)..

If you have any input on it, please feel free to let me know.

[Image ID: It was a partially broken Sail Fossil, with the broken-off pieces being replaced with Helix Fossil pieces. It seemed to be like that when she found it.]

Oh that is quite a puzzle! I'm not sure how much input I could give- it doesn't look like it's a new species or anything- I can definitely recognize the Helix and Sail fossil within it!- I think you've just ended up with a bit of a mix and matched fossil! It happens on occasion! It could even be the remains of something's lunch! though I don't know of many pokemon that would prey upon both Amaura and Omanyte!

I'm not sure whether it would be best to try and break it apart or keep it together. It's a gorgeous specimen on its own, though I'm not sure a stable restoration could be done on it without some smoothing around the edges-

Out of curiosity, where did you find this fossil?

~ Dr. Kenzo

[gift-anon]

I found it in the Terarium at Blueberry Academy!

I can always come over to the museum to help you guys out if needed! (I like fossil pokemon :])

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Very interesting! I haven't visited the terrarium but I've heard it's wonderful!

You're welcome to come by if you wish! We don't mind visitors and if you'd like to visit the restoration area I'd be happy to provide you with a tour :)

~Dr. Kenzo

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Don't worry about the mess I'm sure it's nothing

>.> Well now that you've said something I'm suspicious.

But haha sure. we're getting things cleaned up regardless- and for anyone wanting to visit today the museum will be open a little late.

~ Kristen

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Reblog If You're OK With IN-CHARACTER Anon Hate!

//Note this is SPECIFICALLY IN CHARACTER. Attacks against the muse(s) are fine and all in good fun. Attacks against the mun are harassment and are NOT okay.

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Was there an earthquake last night or something??

[A photo is attached of one of the halls in the museum. Various items have been knocked over or misplaced.]

~Kristen

[oreburghminingmuseum]

[ @gift-anon asked: ] Hello there! I found a pretty weird looking fossil, and I wanted to ask you guys what it was all about.. It looks like the sail fossil for Amaura, but it doesn't exactly.. It's like the fossil was broken in a way, and merged with another fossil (Which I think is the Helix or Dome fossil)..

If you have any input on it, please feel free to let me know.

[Image ID: It was a partially broken Sail Fossil, with the broken-off pieces being replaced with Helix Fossil pieces. It seemed to be like that when she found it.]

Oh that is quite a puzzle! I'm not sure how much input I could give- it doesn't look like it's a new species or anything- I can definitely recognize the Helix and Sail fossil within it!- I think you've just ended up with a bit of a mix and matched fossil! It happens on occasion! It could even be the remains of something's lunch! though I don't know of many pokemon that would prey upon both Amaura and Omanyte!

I'm not sure whether it would be best to try and break it apart or keep it together. It's a gorgeous specimen on its own, though I'm not sure a stable restoration could be done on it without some smoothing around the edges-

Out of curiosity, where did you find this fossil?

~ Dr. Kenzo

[twodragonsinatrenchcoat]

i need to make art or i'll die actually. so send me art requests so i don't die

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Coelevish Rock/Water Reconstructed from a fish fossil found in Galar, Coelevish are the unevolved counterpart to the much larger Dunklevish. Coelevish feed on small crustacean pokemon and have a generally mellow demeanor, they have hard armor on their face and aren't bothered by many other aquatic pokemon species. Dunklevish Rock/Water An incredibly large fossilized fish pokemon- Dunklevish- despite its dopey appearance is an incredible predator of the deeper seas. It will eat just about anything that can fit in its mouth, and is a very fast swimmer. Hard armor on its face and sides also protects it from most attacks. Some other facts: - This pokemon has an incredible bite force despite its appearance! - It also has the habit of spitting up its preys bones after consuming it.

Thank you [Anonymous] For donating this fossil so we can continue to learn more about this species of pokemon!

[oreburghminingmuseum]

we're currently in the process of reviving i think my favorite fossil i've ever seen...

[Attached is a photo of a small armored-looking fish in a cylindrical tank. It has a very silly :3 mouth.]

The larger one is going to be called "Dunklevish" This one though... Coelevish maybe?

~Silver

[oreburghminingmuseum]

//....fibsh?

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Hello! Would you all happen to have any baby Lileep care tips?

-@justalileepguy

Oh I just saw the video on your blog, Lily! Congratulations on the little guys!!!

Lileep are honestly such a delight to work with in general, especially when they're newly hatched! They're oh so silly, and i've had more lileep babies than I can count attempt to cling to my arms and take a nibble or two(Luckily they don't hurt too much hehe)

In the nursery wing when we have babies we usually keep them in a shallower tank until their roots come in so that they're not subject to the whims of the stronger currents of our larger tanks(Don't want them getting caught up against the filters or anything! It's much easier to guarantee their safety if they're in a controlled area)

I'm not sure what the currents are like in your aquarium- but if you have particularly strong currents you'll want to either keep a hold of them with your tentacles, or find a place with a calmer current for them to hang out.

It shouldn't take long for them to grow in their roots that let them properly cling to rocks, and from that point on they should be a-okay on the mobility front (or lack thereof hehe)

I'm sure you have diet handled, but you'll need to make sure to keep meals small enough for them to swallow, you may need to break up a fish fry into smaller chunks.

And uhhh I think that's all I got, happy parenting, Lily!

~ Kristen

[justalileepguy]

Wow! Thank you, we don't have a super extreme current, but we've got a little hidey cave hole they could stay in for a bit :)

They are certainly very clingy, haha! It's very cute... ;-; I love them...

We'll be careful about diet for sure, haha. Don't want them choking or anything!!

Thank you so much for all the tips :)

I really gotta visit y'all sometime.

[oreburghminingmuseum]

No problem!! Good luck!! :D

~ Kristen

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Hello! Would you all happen to have any baby Lileep care tips?

-@justalileepguy

Oh I just saw the video on your blog, Lily! Congratulations on the little guys!!!

Lileep are honestly such a delight to work with in general, especially when they're newly hatched! They're oh so silly, and i've had more lileep babies than I can count attempt to cling to my arms and take a nibble or two(Luckily they don't hurt too much hehe)

In the nursery wing when we have babies we usually keep them in a shallower tank until their roots come in so that they're not subject to the whims of the stronger currents of our larger tanks(Don't want them getting caught up against the filters or anything! It's much easier to guarantee their safety if they're in a controlled area)

I'm not sure what the currents are like in your aquarium- but if you have particularly strong currents you'll want to either keep a hold of them with your tentacles, or find a place with a calmer current for them to hang out.

It shouldn't take long for them to grow in their roots that let them properly cling to rocks, and from that point on they should be a-okay on the mobility front (or lack thereof hehe)

I'm sure you have diet handled, but you'll need to make sure to keep meals small enough for them to swallow, you may need to break up a fish fry into smaller chunks.

And uhhh I think that's all I got, happy parenting, Lily!

~ Kristen

[oreburghminingmuseum]

Polite little fish

Ahhh Kristen if you're going to post my sketches could you at least post the cool ones >///<

Here... We've been considering a couple tail shapes. Some fossils found in other areas of the same species suggest the more spear-like tail shape versus the flat diamond... I'm thinking it may be a difference in the evolution stage that's causing the confusion.

We just have to figure out which is which...

~ Plover