This involvement of the oval window forms the basis of the name fenestral otosclerosis. The most common location of involvement of Kaynak:Otosclerosis
This fenestral architecture has been seen in ancient archosaurs , but not in other pachycephalosaurs. Consequently, if unreduced superior Kaynak:Dracorex
Mammals, which are synapsids, possess no fenestral openings in the skull, as the trait has been modified. They do, though, still have the Kaynak:Skull