>>45120637When GameFreak's design team is as lazy and stupid as it has always been, then no, you can't use other Pokemon as evidence.
>The shape is exactly the same. So why isn't Nidoking Dragon type?
From Bulbapedia:
Mega Ampharos's Dragon type, wooly mane, wooly tail, jewel-like orbs on its tail, and slender body suggest that it is based on a Chinese dragon.
Oooh wait I see it now, the resemblance is uncanny.