Talk:Ceratodontes
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Naming convention not a weasel word.
[edit]@True Pagan Warrior "Baleen plates" is a unambiguous English translation for "Barten" the term employed by Haeckel, as unlike in German "baleen" can both refer to the material and the plates themselves. Moreover, if one looks at the baleen article, one finds that except for Marx 2010, McLean 2008, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and Breebart & Van Gerven 2012 all sources use this term directly. Its usage is also attested as such in the OED 2010: "baleen ▶ noun [mass noun] whalebone: [as modifier] : the baleen plates of a Greenland right whale." So this usage is not limited to the scientific literature but also reflected in the general usage as documented by the OED, thus there is no group to qualify. They are referred to as baleen plates in general, scientific, and specialised usage. Bari' bin Farangi (talk) 07:30, 2 February 2023 (UTC)