>>58886987Actually there is a reasonable case to made that Dialga and for that matter a lot of Pokemon have Therapsid features, many Therapsids looked reptilian superficially, but they were the ancestors and close relatives of us mammals. And while I haven't studied papers on paleontology in a really long time to get a confirmation on this, it is heavily speculated that they possessed some amount of fur, since they were our ancestors and many early mammals did possess fur.
Given how ancient Dialga and Palkia are, it would make some sense that both have features resembling ancient animals.
Dialga has always reminded me of a Estemmenosuchus superficially.