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So these two *definitely* need to be merged, the only question is which should contain the content and which becomes a redirect. Personally, I favor moving the content to Ectotympanic, and making the ring a redirect, since it doesn't always form a complete ring. Mokele (talk) 14:22, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why not go all the way and merge with Tympanic_part_of_the_temporal_bone? Cmungall (talk) 07:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

IIRC, the ectotympanic isn't fused with the temporal bone in all species. To merge them would therefore be misleading, as it suggests the human state is the default. HCA (talk) 20:48, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Fama Clamosa (talk) 10:55, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]