Cranidos (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

It is resurrected from a [[Skull and Armor Fossils|Skull Fossil]] and [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Rampardos}} starting at [[level]] 30.

Cranidos is a gray, dinosaur-like Pokémon resembling the {{Wp|Pachycephalosaurus}}. It has a hooked beak, red irises, and a hard, blue, dome-shaped head with four spikes on its back. It has stubby arms with three claws; despite the stubbiness, it can attack with them. The back half of its body has a large, spiky pattern of blue and it has a short tail. It has feet with three forward claws and one backward.  

A Cranidos appeared under the control of the [[Pokémon Pinchers]] in ''[[SS023|Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Part Two)]]'', where it fought against {{ra|Ben}}. He later captured it and released it back into the wild.

{{Animedexbody|DP015|Cranidos |Ash's Pokédex|Cranidos, the Head Butt Pokémon. Cranidos lived in the deep woods about one-hundred million years ago, and its cranium is as hard as steel.}}

[[File:Roark Cranidos Egg Adventures.png|thumb|150px|A Cranidos {{pkmn|Egg}} in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]

Roark's Cranidos also appeared in [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!]], where it assisted its Trainer in rescuing [[Hareta]], who had been captured by [[Team Galactic]]'s {{tc|Galactic Grunt|Grunts}} in ''[[DPA02|Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!!]]''. Later, Cranidos was used in a one-on-one [[Gym]] battle with [[Hareta's Piplup]] that ended in Hareta's favor with the help of an [[Oran Berry]] Roark gave to him earlier.

A wild Cranidos appeared in [[PMDP06]].

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* Cranidos and its {{p|Rampardos|evolution}} are the only [[Fossil]] Pokémon of a single type.

Cranidos is based on ''{{wp|Pachycephalosaurus}}'' or rather ''{{wp|Micropachycephalosaurus}}'' with its evolution being based on the former, larger, almost identical species.