Mammal type specimens in the Macleay Collections, University of Sydney Author Parnaby, Harry Mammalogy, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. Author Gill, Anthony C. 0000-0002-8990-3657 Macleay Collections, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Avenue, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Anthony. c. gill @ sydney. edu. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8990 - 3657 & Ichthyology, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010. nthony.c.gill@sydney.edu.au text Zootaxa 2021 2021-05-25 4975 2 201 252 journal article 6170 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.2.1 b98c5a41-914b-4398-8dca-2cf9b36d1817 1175-5326 4806677 6EB83A89-CC46-4F4E-99D5-B180A4677B7A

TABLE 2. Skull measurements (in mm) of Perameles auratus Ramsay, 1887 taken from Thomas (1904), compared to our measurements for the MAMU skulls marked M.468 and M.469.

Measurement fide Thomas (1904)	Thomas (1904)	M.468	M.469
A defined by Thomas (1888: viii) as “From the ‘gnathion’ to the back of the bony palate”. He defined the gnathion as the most anterior point of the premaxilla. B defined by Thomas (1888: ix) as “From the sphenoid suture to the gnathion. This axis, now proposed for the first time, … shows very fairly the length of the muzzle and jaw”.
Greatest breadth of skull	23.5	25.75	23.25
Nasals, maximum length	19.2	19.9	19.1
Maximum breadth across nasals	4.0	5.2	4.1
Palate length A	28.1	28.95	27.65
Palate, breadth outside M3	14.4	16.3	14.25
Palate, breadth inside M3	9.0	9.5	8.5
Palatal foramina	5.4	4.8	5.3
Basi-facial axis B	39.0	40.7	38.8
Canine to M4	19.6	19.70	19.55
Length of P4	2.2	c. 2.2	c. 2.2
Upper molars 1 to 3	8.7	8.95	8.82