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Probably not, because a meningocele usually protrudes through an unossified part of the skull, usually at the back, sometimes at the root of the nose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Part of the membranous roof between the supra-occipital and parietal bones frequently remains unossified and presents in the macerated skull a pair of fontanelles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Certhia familiaris americana Bonaparte.—Specimens examined: total 2: ♀ 31612 from the base of Don Martín Dam, November 27, 1953, skull partially unossified; and ♀ 31587 from 20 mi.

From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Urban, Emil K.

In some species one or more of the digital processes are frequently completely unossified.

From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney

We have found nothing in the specimen that could be referred to the ethmosphenoid; it may have been unossified.

From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)