Dear Marmamers with interests in phylogeny: We are organizing a proposal for a symposium on origins and radiation of the Neoceti, as part of a meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) in October 2006. This is a statement of intent; the symposium has yet to be confirmed by SVP. We are interested in the initial radiation of the Neoceti (namely, divergences between and within early Odontoceti and early Mysticeti). Many contributions would be fossil-osteological, but we are interested to include molecular studies, or anatomical studies (e.g. "evo-devo" issues and functional complexes) on living species, that contribute in any way to understanding pattern and process in the early divergences between and within Odontoceti and Mysticeti. Symposium would be part of: 66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 18-21, 2006; at Marriott Ottawa/The Crowne Plaza Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. If interested, talk to Ewan Fordyce or Mark Uhen at the San Diego meeting. R. Ewan Fordyce Associate Professor, Department of Geology University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, NZ fax 64-3-479-7527, tel 64-3-479-7510 web: http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/ref.htm Editor, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Research Associate, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution