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]
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Personal life
editCau graduated in 2017 with a PhD in Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
References
edit- ^ 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. PMC 4476167. PMID 26157616. S2CID 1124579.
- ^ "Andrea Cau". PeerJ.