Andrea Cau is anItalian vertebratepaleontologist. He specialises in the study ofdinosaur cladistics. Cau named theuniquedromaeosauridtheropodHalszkaraptor in 2017. He also reanalysed thetheropodBalaur, placing it as a basalavialan (primitive bird) rather than adromaeosaur.[1][2]

Below is a list oftaxa that Cau has contributed to naming:
| Year | Taxon | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shuilingornis angelai gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Cau, Wang, Kundrát, Zhang, Liu, & Chiappe[3] |
| 2023 | Migmanychion laiyang gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Cau, Wang, Yu, Wu, Wang, & Liu[4] |
| 2022 | Musivavis amabilis gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Cau, Luo, Kundrát, Wu, Zhu, Guo, Liu, & Ji[5] |
| 2021 | Khinganornis hulunbuirensis gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Cau, Kundrát, Chiappe, Ji, Wang, Li, & Wu[6] |
| 2021 | Ceratosuchops inferodios gen. et sp. nov. | Barker, Hone, Naish, Cau, Lockwood, Foster, Clarkin, Schneider, & Gostling[7] |
| 2021 | Riparovenator milnerae gen. et sp. nov. | Barker, Hone, Naish, Cau, Lockwood, Foster, Clarkin, Schneider, & Gostling[7] |
| 2020 | Kompsornis longicaudus gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Huang, Kundrát, Cau, Liu, Wang, & Ju[8] |
| 2020 | Huinculsaurus montesi gen. et sp. nov. | Baiano, Coria, & Cau[9] |
| 2017 | Halszkaraptor escuilliei gen. et sp. nov. | Cau, Beyrand, Voeten, Fernandez, Tafforeau, Stein, Barsbold, Tsogtbaatar, Currie, & Godefroit[10] |
| 2017 | Serikornis sungei gen. et sp. nov. | Lefèvre, Cau, Cincotta, Hu, Chinsamy, Escuillié, & Godefroit[11] |
| 2013 | Aurornis xui gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Cau, Dong-Yu, Escuillié, Wenhao, & Dyke[12] |
| 2013 | Tataouinea hannibalis gen. et sp. nov. | Fanti, Cau, Hassine, & Contessi[13] |
| 2011 | Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov. | Cau & Fanti[14] |
Caugraduated in 2017 with a PhD in Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences.