>>57788340No, but we did find out that it was present in older builds (its beta sprite was in the Nov 1 2001 build) earlier in the pokemon data with a nearly complete design, before being moved towards the end of the pokemon data by the final build.
Apparently we don't know if it was ever removed at some point but to me it sounds like GF decided to scrap Chimecho, later changed their mind last second, then hastily put it back in at the end of the pokemon data.