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The 14 pages that link to Temporal fenestra, each with the reason it gives.

• SynapsidRelated: The ancestral synapsid skull has one temporal opening on each side.

• DiapsidBroader topic: The two ancestral temporal fenestrae give diapsids their defining skull pattern.

• TherapsidaRelated: The synapsid opening is a key feature in the ancestry of therapsids.

• SauropsidaRelated: Skull openings help reconstruct relationships among extinct sauropsids, though they do not define every living group.

• SynapsidaRelated: The ancestral synapsid skull is defined by one such opening on each side.

• PelycosaurRelated: The synapsid skull opening is a defining feature of pelycosaur ancestry.

• ArchosauromorphaRelated: Diapsid skull openings are part of the anatomical framework used to classify archosauromorphs.

• DinocephaliaRelated: The synapsid skull opening is part of the ancestry shared by dinocephalians.

• TherocephaliaRelated: The synapsid temporal opening helped accommodate the jaw musculature of therocephalians.

• ParareptiliaRelated: The number and arrangement of these openings have shaped competing schemes for classifying early reptiles.

• Evolution of reptilesRelated: The pattern of these openings helps distinguish major early amniote lineages.

• GorgonopsRelated: The synapsid opening provided space for the muscles powering Gorgonops’s jaws.

• CotylorhynchusRelated: The single opening behind its eye distinguishes synapsid skulls from many other early reptile-lineage skulls.

• YounginaBroader topic: The paired temporal openings distinguish Youngina's diapsid skull.