A tree of life for every Pokemon that is based on a real organism. Contains Plantae, Fungi, and all of Animalia. Each Pokemon is shown in the group of the organism it represents. So that means it is not following any of the lore that says that mew is the ancestor to all Pokemon, or that Arceus created the rest. Arceus looks like a horse, so it's counted as a horse, not a god. This is going mostly off of Bulbapedia's description of what they're supposed to be. Keep in mind that I've only taken Botany, Icthyology, Invertebrate zoology, and Marine Mammal zoology, so all the rest are based off of wikipedia's description of relatedness and such. Also, Paras and Parasect are on here twice, one for the insect that is the basis, and one for the fungus that is taking over them. I couldn't think of any others that were clearly two different creatures in one, so that's the only example of that. Also, I'm working on another one with all the Pokemon based on non-living or non-real things, like ghosts and dragons, so that will be up shortly as well. It's a really large file, so I had to decrease the quality a bit. Also, I'm not quite sure how you guys will be able to view it and navigate around to see it all, but if it doesn't seem to work, you can just download it and you should be able to view it from ms paint or whatever. Let me know what you think!
Edited to include a couple I missed, as well as the gen 6 Pokemon revealed so far. Xerneas sprite by TomTheZombie Froakie sprite by BaconBoy914 Fennekin sprire by Kevfin Chespin sprite by DancesofShadows
Updated with the Tympole line, which I had forgotten, moved the eeveelutions around a bit, and moved Charmander and Charmeleon to the Mythologidae. Also moved the blobs to protista.
I love you. jkjkjk (please don't find me creepy) Hahahaha This is like sooo fucking beautiful I thought of doing a phylogeny of pokemon once, but I guess you beat me to it!
A very nice phylogeny tree! I never imagined something like this were possible. And then your Imaginary Phyla is just as awesome.
Still, the more I look at this thing, there's some stuff that makes me scratch my head. When you did the Archosauromorpha, I found it strange that Theropoda, Ornithishia, and Sauropodomorpha aren't themselves aren't placed in the Order: Dinosauria or within the clade of Avemetatarsalia. Also, I always figured that Breloom would be classified under Ornithishia along with the Axew line (especially since the creator said that the Pokemon, especially Haxorus, is based on a herbivorous dinosaur). I would also say the same about the Treecko line, though your positioning them within Squamata does make sense. Though that being said, wouldn't Charmander and Charmeleon be included within that clade despite the final evolved form? Lastly, while it's true that Mewtwo is man-made, it is still considered a clone of Mew (albeit a modified form) which would make it a sister taxon.
Holy Arceus, that´s just... amazing ! Four years burning my eyes in all possible books to get a biology degree, some more years playing Pokemon and you came and win all zoology classes I ever attain.
This is like sooo fucking beautiful
I thought of doing a phylogeny of pokemon once, but I guess you beat me to it!
Still, the more I look at this thing, there's some stuff that makes me scratch my head. When you did the Archosauromorpha, I found it strange that Theropoda, Ornithishia, and Sauropodomorpha aren't themselves aren't placed in the Order: Dinosauria or within the clade of Avemetatarsalia. Also, I always figured that Breloom would be classified under Ornithishia along with the Axew line (especially since the creator said that the Pokemon, especially Haxorus, is based on a herbivorous dinosaur). I would also say the same about the Treecko line, though your positioning them within Squamata does make sense. Though that being said, wouldn't Charmander and Charmeleon be included within that clade despite the final evolved form? Lastly, while it's true that Mewtwo is man-made, it is still considered a clone of Mew (albeit a modified form) which would make it a sister taxon.
May Darwin bless your work.
I can't believe you made this!