Andrea Cau

Andrea Cau is an Italian vertebrate paleontologist. He specialises in the study of dinosaur cladistics. Cau named the unique 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: {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Taxon !Authors |- |2025 |''Shuilingornis angelai'' gen. et sp. nov. |Wang, Cau, Wang, Kundrát, Zhang, Liu, & Chiappe |- |2023 |''Migmanychion laiyang'' gen. et sp. nov. |Wang, Cau, Wang, Yu, Wu, Wang, & Liu |- |2022 |''Musivavis amabilis'' gen. et sp. nov. |Wang, Cau, Luo, Kundrát, Wu, Zhu, Guo, Liu, & Ji |- |2021 |''Khinganornis hulunbuirensis'' gen. et sp. nov. |Wang, Cau, Kundrát, Chiappe, Ji, Wang, Li, & Wu |- |2021 |''Ceratosuchops inferodios'' gen. et sp. nov. |Barker, Hone, Naish, Cau, Lockwood, Foster, Clarkin, Schneider, & Gostling |- |2021 |''Riparovenator milnerae'' gen. et sp. nov. |Barker, Hone, Naish, Cau, Lockwood, Foster, Clarkin, Schneider, & Gostling |- |2020 |''Kompsornis longicaudus'' gen. et sp. nov. |Wang, Huang, Kundrát, Cau, Liu, Wang, & Ju |- |2020 |''Huinculsaurus montesi'' gen. et sp. nov. |Baiano, Coria, & Cau |- |2017 |''Halszkaraptor escuilliei'' gen. et sp. nov. |Cau, Beyrand, Voeten, Fernandez, Tafforeau, Stein, Barsbold, Tsogtbaatar, Currie, & Godefroit |- |2017 |''Serikornis sungei'' gen. et sp. nov. |Lefèvre, Cau, Cincotta, Hu, Chinsamy, Escuillié, & Godefroit |- |2013 |''Aurornis xui'' gen. et sp. nov. |Godefroit, Cau, Dong-Yu, Escuillié, Wenhao, & Dyke |- |2013 |''Tataouinea hannibalis'' gen. et sp. nov. |Fanti, Cau, Hassine, & Contessi |- |2011 |''Neptunidraco ammoniticus'' gen. et sp. nov. |Cau & Fanti |} Provided by Wikipedia