Andrea Cau is an Italians vertebrate paleontologist. He specialises in the study of dinosaur cladistics. Cau named the dromaeosaurid theropod Halszkaraptor in 2017. He also reanalysed the Theropoda Balaur bondoc, placing it as a basal avialan (primitive bird) rather than a Eudromaeosauria.
Below is a list of Taxon that Cau has contributed to naming:
| 2026 | Kunpengornis gen. et sp. nov. | Huang, Wang, Cau, Mao, Liu & Wang |
| 2025 | Shri rapax sp. nov. | Moutrille, Cau, Chinzorig, Escuillié, Tsogtbaatar, Ganzorig, Mallet & Godefroit |
| 2025 | Shuilingornis gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Cau, Wang, Kundrát, Zhang, Liu & Chiappe |
| 2023 | Migmanychion gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Cau, Wang, Yu, Wu, Wang & Liu |
| 2022 | Musivavis gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Cau, Luo, Kundrát, Wu, Zhu, Guo, Liu & Ji |
| 2021 | Khinganornis gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Cau, Kundrát, Chiappe, Ji, Wang, Li & Wu |
| 2021 | Ceratosuchops gen. et sp. nov. | Barker, Hone, Naish, Cau, Lockwood, Foster, Clarkin, Schneider & Gostling |
| 2021 | Riparovenator gen. et sp. nov. | Barker, Hone, Naish, Cau, Lockwood, Foster, Clarkin, Schneider & Gostling |
| 2020 | Kompsornis gen. et sp. nov. | Wang, Huang, Kundrát, Cau, Liu, Wang & Ju |
| 2020 | Huinculsaurus gen. et sp. nov. | Baiano, Coria & Cau |
| 2017 | Halszkaraptor gen. et sp. nov. | Cau, Beyrand, Voeten, Fernandez, Tafforeau, Stein, Barsbold, Tsogtbaatar, Currie & Godefroit |
| 2017 | Serikornis gen. et sp. nov. | Lefèvre, Cau, Cincotta, Hu, Chinsamy, Escuillié & Godefroit |
| 2013 | Aurornis gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Cau, Dong-Yu, Escuillié, Wenhao & Dyke |
| 2013 | Tataouinea gen. et sp. nov. | Fanti, Cau, Hassine & Contessi |
| 2013 | Sauroniops gen. et sp. nov. | Cau, Dalla Vecchia & Fabbri |
| 2011 | Neptunidraco gen. et sp. nov. | Cau & Fanti |
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