Essentials
Height
            
            
                1'3.7" 
                0.4 m
            
Weight
            
            
                16.5 lb 
                7.5 kg
            
Pokédex Description

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Although long extinct, in rare cases, it can be genetically resurrected from fossils.

An ancient POKéMON that was recovered from a fossil. It swims by cleverly twisting its 10 tentacles about.
 
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Revived from an ancient fossil, this POKéMON uses air stored in its shell to sink and rise in water.

This POKéMON from ancient times is said to have navigated the sea by adeptly twisting its 10 tentacles.

In prehistoric times, it swam on the sea floor, eating plankton. Its fossils are sometimes found.
 
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OMANYTE is one of the ancient and long-since-extinct POKéMON that have been regenerated from fossils by people. If attacked by an enemy, it withdraws itself inside its hard shell.

One of the ancient and long-since-extinct POKéMON that have been regenerated from fossils by humans. If attacked, it withdraws into its hard shell.

A prehistoric POKéMON that lived in the primordial sea, it swims by twisting its 10 tentacles about.

Although long extinct, in rare cases, it can be genetically regenerated from fossils.
 
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A Pokémon that was resurrected from a fossil using modern science. It swam in ancient seas.

Revived from an ancient fossil, this Pokémon uses air stored in its shell to sink and rise in water.

This Pokémon from ancient times is said to have navigated the sea by adeptly twisting its 10 tentacles.
 
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A Pokémon that was resurrected from a fossil using modern science. It swam in ancient seas.
 
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A prehistoric Pokémon that lived in the primordial sea, it swims by twisting its 10 tentacles about.

Revived from an ancient fossil, this Pokémon uses air stored in its shell to sink and rise in water.


Omanyte is one of the ancient and long-since-extinct Pokémon that have been regenerated from fossils by people. If attacked by an enemy, it withdraws itself inside its hard shell.
 
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Omanyte lived in the seas of antiquity. Its fossils have been found bearing bite marks from Archeops, so apparently Archeops preyed on it.

It was restored from an ancient fossil. Those Helix Fossils are excavated from areas that were once oceans long, long ago.
 
Main Game Sprites
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Other Images
Official artwork by Ken Sugimori
    
Global Link artwork

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