Notomys mordax Thomas, 1922a

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 401

Notomys mordax Thomas, 1922a

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 9) 9: 317. (1 April 1922).

Common name. Darling Downs Hopping-mouse.

Current name. Notomys mordax Thomas, 1922a ; following Jackson & Groves (2015).

Material. Cast of skull and left dentary of holotype BMNH No.1846.4.4.65

Condition. Incomplete and damaged cast skull and cast left dentary: missing both zygomatic arches, upper left incisor, left auditory bulla, missing tips of nasal bones and the posterior end of the palate in the region of the interpalatal suture is broken. The right auditory bulla is slightly displaced. Missing anterior part of the dentary, including the incisor, missing ascending ramus and third lower molar.

Type locality. Darling Downs , Qld, Australia .

Comments. The cast skull and left dentary fragment matches the description by Mahoney (1977). It is not clear whether the right dentary (photographed in Mahoney, 1977) was present when the casts were made and simply not included, or whether it has been misplaced.