Table 2.

Total length (m) of the Peruvian fossil mysticetes analysed here, based on the ‘stem mysticete’ and ‘stem balaenopteroid’ equations of [10] and the ‘general mysticete’ equation of [6, suppl. fig. 9].

	‘stem mysticete’	‘stem balaenopteroid’	‘general mysticete’
Balaenoptera cf. musculus	23.4	27.1	24.8
Pelocetus sp.	11.8	13.7	12.2
Tortonian balaenopterid	15.8	18.3	16.4
Messinian balaenopterid	14.9	17.2	15.4