Andrea Cau

Andrea Cau is an Italian vertebrate paleontologist. He specializes in the study of dinosaur cladistics. Cau named the unique dromaeosaurid theropod, Halszkaraptor in 2017. He also reanalyzed the theropod Balaur, placing it as a basal avialan (primitive bird) rather than a dromaeosaur.[1][2]

Halszkaraptor escuilliei fossil

Personal life

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

References
  1. Cau Brougham Naish (June 18, 2015). "The phylogenetic affinities of the bizarre Late Cretaceous Romanian theropod Balaur bondoc (Dinosauria, Maniraptora): dromaeosaurid or flightless bird?". PeerJ. 3 (3): e1032. doi:10.7717/peerj.1032. PMID 26157616. S2CID 1124579.
  2. "Andrea Cau". PeerJ.
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