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Andrea Cau

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Andrea Cauis an Italian vertebratepaleontologist.He specializes in the study ofdinosaurcladistics. Cau named the uniquedromaeosauridtheropod,Halszkaraptorin 2017. He also reanalyzed the theropodBalaur,placing it as a basalavialan(primitive bird) rather than a dromaeosaur.[1][2]

Halszkaraptor escuillieifossil

Personal life

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

References

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  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.PMC4476167.PMID26157616.S2CID1124579.
  2. ^"Andrea Cau".PeerJ.