Andrea Cau

Andrea Cau is an Italian vertebrate paleontologist. He specialises in the study of dinosaur cladistics. Cau named the dromaeosaurid theropod Halszkaraptor in 2017. He also reanalysed the theropod Balaur, placing it as a basal avialan (primitive bird) rather than a dromaeosaur.

Below is a list of taxa that Cau has contributed to naming:

Personal life

Cau graduated in 2017 with a PhD in Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Works

• La rivoluzione piumata. I nuovi dinosauri e l’origine degli uccelli, 5 volumes, self-publishing, 2019-2023.
• Ricostruire i dinosauri. La scienza che dà un volto ai fossili, self-publishing, 2024.
• Il dilemma dei dinosauri, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 2025.

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