Amaura is a quadrupedal, dinosaurianPokémon that resembles asauropod. It is light blue with a white underbelly. It has a long neck, a short, stubby tail, and a single white claw on each hind foot. Above each of its large, deep blue eyes is an iridescent, sail-like structure. Typically, the sails are yellow at the bottom and fade into pink toward the tips. On each side of its body is a dark blue crystal.Pokémon-Amie has demonstrated that its sails can change color with its mood and the crystals on its sides permanently remain at freezing temperatures.
This ancient Pokémon was restored from aSail Fossil that had been frozen in ice for over 100,000,000 years. However, although Amaura was restored successfully, it is not expected to live long in the heat of the current environment. It calmly lived in cold lands where there were no violent predators likeTyrantrum around. As seen in thePokémon the Series: XY episodeComing Back into the Cold!, when Amaura whinnies, auroras appear in the night sky.
Amaura debuted inComing Back into the Cold! alongside its evolved form. Both Pokémon were brought back to life after being found frozen in ice. Amaura was captured byTeam Rocket and had to be brought back to theAmbrette Town Fossil Laboratory before it was too late. The same Amaura reappeared in a newspaper inTo Find a Fairy Flower!.
An Amaura appeared inPikachu, What's This Key?. It was a resident of a world full of ice and snow, which was accessed byPikachu and his friends, courtesy ofKlefki's keys.
Amaura has some similarities withTyrunt. Both areRock-typeFossil Pokémon introduced inGeneration VI with a base stat total of 362 and evolve starting at level 39, although Amaura evolves at night instead of during the day.
Origin
Amaura is based on a youngsauropod dinosaur, specifically theAmargasaurus, which were speculated to have sail-like fins or skin extensions on their vertebral spines. According to designer Hitoshi Ariga, he decided to design Pokémon based on sauropods with the consideration that they would pair well with theTyrannosaurus-basedTyrantrum's evolutionary line. TheAmargasaurus was chosen as a base for these sauropod Pokémon to differentiate them from other Pokémon with similar body shapes such asLapras,Meganium, orDeino.[2] Amaura also shares traits with various other species ofDiplodocoidea (a classification of sauropods which includesAmargasaurus).
The color-changing sails upon Amaura's head appear to be based onauroras, which are predominantly seen in polar regions and are most visible at night; these may also inspire Amaura'sIce-type and the fact that it can only evolve at night.
Name origin
Amaura may be a combination ofAmargasaurus andaurora.
This Pokémon article is part ofProject Pokédex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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For other sprites and images, please seeAmaura images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
