dc:title"On a remarkable new species of Tharsis, a Late Jurassic teleostean fish from southern Germany: its morphology and phylogenetic relationships";
dc:description"Figure 5. Tharsis elleri n. sp. Drawing of the partially preserved sclerotic bones in the paratype JME-SOS 08367. An arrow points to the ventral contact between anterior and posterior sclerotic bones.";
dc:description"Figure 6. Tharsis elleri n. sp. Details of the middle body region and of certain vertebrae. (a) Limit between abdominal and caudal regions in the holotype JME-SOS 08326 under UV light, dorsal and pelvic fins, and intestine. Scale bar is 5 mm. (b) Line drawing of vertebral region illustrated in (a). The arrows in (a) and (b) mark the same rib. (c) Line drawing of similar vertebral region in the paratype (JME-SOS 08367). Abbreviations are as follows: 1st.dpt, first dorsal pterygiophore; a.pt, remains of anal pterygiophore; d.f, dorsal fin; epin.p, epineural process; ha, haemal arch; hs, haemal spine; na, neural arch; ns, neural spine; paph, parapophyses; pel.f, pelvic fin; pel.p, pelvic plate; ri, rib; vc, vertebral centra.";
dc:description"Figure 7. Tharsis elleri n. sp. (a) Section of the abdominal region of the vertebral column of the paratype JME-SOS 08367 illustrating the parapophyses (arrows) fused to their respective centrum. Scale bar equals 5 mm. (b) Abdominal vertebrae of Tharsis dubius (JME-SOS 02633) illustrating the autogenous condition of the parapophysis. Abbreviations are as follows: epin.p, epineural process; na, neural arch; ns, neural spine; paph, parapophysis; ri, rib; vc, vertebral centrum.";
dc:description"Figure 8. Tharsis elleri n. sp. (a) First dorsal pterygiophore of the holotype JME-SOS 08326. (b) First dorsal pterygiophore and associated bones of Ebertichthys ettlingensis (modified from Arratia, 2016). Abbreviations are as follows: 1std.pt, first dorsal pterygiophore; ANT, anterior direction; pr.dr, dorsal procurrent rays; sn, supraneurals.";
dc:description"Figure 9. Caudal endoskeleton and tail in lateral view of the holotype JME-SOS 08326. (a) Photograph of the posterior part of the body of the specimen under UV light. (b) Drawing of the caudal skeleton. The white arrow points to the hypurapophysis; the two black arrows point to the dorsal processes of principal caudal fin rays. Abbreviations are as follows: d.scu, dorsal caudal scute; E1–3, epural 1–3; ebfu, epaxial basal fulcra; ffu, fringing fulcrum; H1–2, hypurals 1–2; hbfu?, hypaxial basal fulcra?; hsPU2, haemal spine of preural centrum 4; nsPU, neural spines of preural centrum 2; PH, parhypural; prp, procurrent ray; PU1, 4, preural centra 1, 4; “UD”, “urodermal”; UN1–4, uroneurals 1–4; PR1–19, principal rays 1–19; v.csu, ventral caudal scute.";
dc:description"Figure 10. Tharsis elleri n. sp. Caudal endoskeleton and tail in lateral view of the holotype JME-SOS 08326. (a) Photograph of the posterior part of the body of the specimen under UV light. Scale bar equals 5 mm. (b) Drawing of the caudal skeleton. Arrow points to the hypurapophysis. Abbreviations are as follows: d.H, displaced hypural; d.UN, displaced uroneural; H1–4, hypurals 1–4; hsPU2, haemal spine of preural centrum 2; nsPU2, neural spines of preural centrum 2; PH, parhypural; pr.c, procurrent ray; PU1, 4, preural centra 1, 4; UN1–4, uroneurals 1–4; PR1–19, principal rays 1–19; v.csu, ventral caudal scute.";