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Peer reviewed technical publications
2025
70. Huang J., Wang X.*, Cau A.*, Mao L., Liu Y., Wang Y. 2025. A new euornithine from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of China reveals the first radiation of fish-eating birds. Cretaceous Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106244 *corresponding author
69. Moutrille L., Cau A.*, Chinzorig T., Escuillié F., Tsogtbaatar K., Ganzorig B., Mallet C., Godefroit P. 2025 - A new bird-like dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia with extremely robust hands supports niche partitioning among velociraptorines. Historical Biology https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2530148. * corresponding author
68. Cau A., Paterna A. 2025 - Beyond the Stromer's Riddle: the impact of lumping and splitting hypotheses on the systematics of the giant predatory dinosaurs from northern Africa. Italian Journal of Geosciences 144(2): 162-185. https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2025.10.
2024
67. Wang X.*, Cau A.*, Wang Y., Kundrát M., Zhang G., Liu Y., Chiappe L.M. 2024. A new gansuid bird (Avialae, Euornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Jiufotang Formation of Jianchang, western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 166: 106014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106014. * corresponding author
66. Cau A. 2024 - A Unified Framework for Predatory Dinosaur Macroevolution. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 63(1): 1-19. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2024.08. [invited paper]
2023
65. Wang X.*, Cau A.*, Wang Z., Yu K., Wu W., Wang Y., Liu Y. 2023 - A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation of Inner Mongolia (China). Cretaceous Research 151: 105605 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105605. * corresponding author.
64. Freschi A., Morigi A., Cau S., Persico D., Garbasi F., Fontana F., Cau A. 2023 - First biostratigraphic dating for a Cretaceous ichthyosaur from the Apennine Chain (Italy). Comptes Rendus Palevol 22(9): 143-147. doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a9
2022
63. Wang X., Cau A.*, Guo B., Ma F., Qing G., Liu Y. 2022 - Intestinal preservation in a birdlike dinosaur supports conservatism in digestive canal evolution among theropods. Scientific Reports 12-19965: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24602-x *corresponding author
62. Paterna A., Cau A.* 2022 - New giant theropod material from the Kem Kem Compound Assemblage (Morocco) with implications on the diversity of the mid-Cretaceous carcharodontosaurids from North Africa. Historical Biology doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2131406. * corresponding author.
61. Wang X., Cau A., Luo X., Kundrat M., Wu W., Ju S., Guo Z., Liu Y, Ji Q. 2022 - A new bohaiornithid-like bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China fills a gap in enantiornithine disparity. Journal of Paleontology 96(4): 961-976. DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2022.12.
60. Naish D., Cau A. 2022 - The osteology and affinities of Eotyrannus lengi, a tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wealden Supergroup of southern England. PeerJ 10:e12727: 1-99. DOI:10.7717/peerj.12727.
2021
59. Cau A., Madzia D. 2021 - The phylogenetic affinities and morphological peculiarities of the bird-like dinosaur Borogovia gracilicrus from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. PeerJ 9-e12640: 1-25. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12640.
58. Barker C.T., Hone D.W.E., Naish D., Cau A., Lockwood J.A.F., Foster B., Clarkin C.E., Schneider P., Gostling N.J. 2021. New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European Origins of Spinosauridae. Scientific Reports 97870: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97870-8
57. Cau A. 2021 - Comments on the Mesozoic theropod dinosaurs from Italy. Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e dei Matematici di Modena 52:81-95. pdf. [invited paper]
56. Cau A., Beyrand V., Barsbold R., Tsogtbaatar K., Godefroit P. 2021 - Unusual pectoral apparatus in a predatory dinosaur resolves avian wishbone homology. Scientific Reports 11:14722: 1-10. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94285-3
2020
55. Cau A., Bizzarini F. 2020 - Preliminary report of a new pliosaurid specimen (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation (Middle-Upper Jurassic of Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 59: 175-177. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2020.14
54. Wang X., Huang J., Kundrát M., Cau A., Liu X., Wang Y., Ju S. 2020 - A new jeholornithiform exhibits the earliest appearance of the fused sternum and pelvis in the evolution of avialan dinosaurs. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104401.
53. Madzia D., Cau A. 2020 - Estimating the evolutionary rates in mosasauroids and plesiosaurs: discussion of niche occupation in Late Cretaceous seas. PeerJ 8:e8941 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8941.
52. Lefèvre U., Cau A., Hu D., Godefroit P. 2020 - Feather Evolution in Pennaraptora. In: Foth C., and Rauhut O.W.M. (eds.): The Evolution of Feathers, Springer: 103-118. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27223-4
51. Wang, X., Cau, A., Kundrát, M., Chiappe, M.L., Ji, Q., Wang, Y., Li, T., Wu, W. 2020 - A new advanced ornithuromorph bird from Inner Mongolia documents the northernmost geographic distribution of the Jehol paleornithofauna in China. Historical Biology https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1731805.
50. Cau, A. 2020 - The body plan of Halszkaraptor escuilliei (Dinosauria, Theropoda) is not a transitional form along the evolution of dromaeosaurid hypercarnivory. PeerJ 8:e8672:1-27. DOI:10.7717/peerj.8672.
49. Naish D., Cau A., Holtz T., Jr., Fabbri M., Gauthier J.A. 2020 - Theropoda. In: de Queiroz K., Cantino P.D., and Gauthier J.A. (eds): Phylonyms: a Companion to the PhyloCode . University of California Press, Berkeley: 1197-1208. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446276.
48. Baiano M.A., Coria R.A., Cau A. 2020 - A new abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Huincul Formation (Lower Upper Cretaceous, Neuquén Basin) of Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 110: 1-15. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104408.
2019
47. Cau A. 2019 - A revision of the diagnosis and affinities of the metriorhynchoids (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation (Jurassic of Italy) using specimen-level analyses. PeerJ 7:e7364 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7364
46. Karádi V., Cau A., Rigo M., Mazza M. 2019 - The last phase of conodont evolution during the Late Triassic: integrating biostratigraphic and phylogenetic approaches. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.045
2018
45. Dal Sasso C., Maganuco S., Cau A. 2018 - The oldest ceratosaurian (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Lower Jurassic of Italy, sheds light on the evolution of the three-fingered hand of birds. PeerJ 6:e5976. doi:10.7717/peerj.5976
44. Cau A., Madzia D. 2018 - Redescription and affinities of Hulsanpes perlei (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. PeerJ 6:e4868. DOI:10.7717/peerj.4868
43. Cau A. 2018 - The assembly of the avian body plan: a 160 million year long process. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 57(1): 1-25. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2018.01 [invited paper]
2017
42. Cau A., Beyrand V., Voeten D.F.A.E., Fernandez V., Tafforeau P., Stein K., Barsbold R., Tsogtbaatar. K., Currie. P.J., Godefroit P. - 2017 - Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs. Nature 552:395-399 doi:10.1038/nature24679.
41. Madzia D.*, Cau A.* 2017 - Inferring ‘weak spots’ in phylogenetic trees: application to mosasauroid nomenclature. PeerJ 5:e3782. DOI:10.7717/peerj.3782 *joint senior authors.
40. Lefevre U., Cau A., Cincotta A., Hu D., Chinsamy A., Escuillié F., Godefroit P. 2017 - A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers. The Science of Nature 104:74:1-13. DOI 10.1007/s00114-017-1496-y
39. Cau A., Serventi P. 2017 - Origin attachments of the caudofemoralis longus muscle in the Jurassic dinosaur Allosaurus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(2): 273–277. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00362.2017
38. Cau A. 2017 - Specimen-level phylogenetics in paleontology using the Fossilized Birth-Death model with sampled ancestors. PeerJ 5:e3055. DOI 10.7717/peerj.3055
2016
37. Dal Sasso C., Pierangelini G., Famiani F., Cau A., Nicosia U. 2016 - First sauropod bones from Italy offer new insights on the radiation of Titanosauria between Africa and Europe. Cretaceous Research 64:88-109. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.008
36. Chiarenza A.A., Cau A. 2016 - A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa. PeerJ 4:e1754 DOI 10.7717/peerj.1754
35. Fanti F., Larocca Conte G., Angelicola L., Cau A. 2016 - Why so many dipnoans? A multidisciplinary approach on the lower cretaceous lungfish record from Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.02.024
34. Fanti F., Cau A., Panzarin L., Cantelli L. 2016 - Evidence of iguanodontian dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Tunisia. Cretaceous Research 60:267-274. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.008
33. Fanti F., Miyashita T., Cantelli L., Mnasri F., Dridi J., Contessi M. and Cau A*. 2016 – The largest Thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) supports Teleosaurid survival across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary. Cretaceous Research 61:263-274. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.11.011. *corresponding author
2015
32. Bell P.B., Cau A., Fanti F., Smith E. 2015 - A large-clawed theropod (Dinosauria: Tetanurae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia and the Gondwanan origin of megaraptorid theropods Gondwana Research. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2015.08.004.
31. Cau A., Fanti F. 2015 - High evolutionary rates and the origin for the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation (Middle-Upper Jurassic of Italy) reptiles. Historical Biology doi: 10.1080/08912963.2015.1073726
30. Chiarenza A.A., Foffa D., Young M.T., Insacco G., Cau A., Carnevale G., Catanzariti R. 2015 - The youngest record of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs, with implications for the extinction of Thalattosuchia. Cretaceous Research 56: 608-616. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.07.001
29. Cau A., Brougham T., Naish D. 2015 - The phylogenetic affinities of the bizarre Late Cretaceous Romanian theropod Balaur bondoc (Dinosauria, Maniraptora): dromaeosaurid or flightless bird? PeerJ 3:e1032. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1032.
28. Fanti F.*, Cau A.*, Cantelli L., Hassine M., Auditore M. 2015 - New Information On Tataouinea hannibalis From The Early Cretaceous of Tunisia And Implications For The Tempo And Mode Of Rebbachisaurid Sauropod Evolution. Plos One 10(4): e0123475: 1-46. *Joint Senior Authors
27. Insacco G., Chiarenza A.A., Cau A. 2015. Temnodontosaurus and Stenopterygius (Diapsida: Ichthyosauria) specimens in the Comiso Natural History Museum (Sicily, Italy). Natura Rerum 3: 812-824.
2014
26. Lee M.S.Y., Cau A., Naish D., Dyke G.J. 2014 - Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds. Science 345: 562-566. doi:10.1126/science.1252243.
25. Dalla Vecchia F.M., and Cau A. 2014 - Reexamination of the purported pterosaur wing metacarpals from the Upper Triassic of England. Historical Biology doi:10.1080/08912963.2014.933826.
24. Fanti F., Cau A., Martinelli A., and Contessi M. 2014 - Integrating palaeoecology and morphology in theropod diversity estimation: a case from the Aptian-Albian of Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 410: 39-57. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.033.
23. Cau A. 2014 - The affinities of 'Steneosaurus barettoni' (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), from the Jurassic of Northern Italy, and implications for cranial evolution among geosaurine metriorhynchids. Historical Biology 26(4): 433-440.DOI:10.1080/08912963.2013.784906
22. Cau A., Baiano M.A., and Raia P. 2014 – A new sphenodontian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern Italy and the phylogenetic affinities of the Pietraroia Plattenkalk rhynchocephalians. Cretaceous Research 49: 172-180. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.001.
21. Fanti F., Cau A., Negri A. 2014 - A giant mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) with an unusually twisted dentition from the Argille Scagliose Complex (late Campanian) of Northern Italy. Cretaceous Research 49: 91-104. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.01.003.
20. Lee S.Y., Cau A., Naish, D., Dyke G.J. 2014 - Morphological clocks in palaeontology, and a mid-Cretaceous origin of crown Aves. Systematic Biology 63(3): 442-449. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syt110 .
19. Fanti F., Cau A., Hassine M. 2014 - Evidence of titanosauriforms and rebbachisaurids (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. Journal of African Earth Sciences 90: 1-8 doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.10.010
18. Cau A., and Fanti F. 2014 - A pliosaurid plesiosaurian from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation of Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(3): 643-650. http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0117.
2013
17. Fabbri M., Dalla Vecchia F.M., Cau A. 2013 - New information on Bobosaurus forojuliensis (Reptilia: Sauropterygia): implications for plesiosaurian origin and evolution. Historical Biology 26(5):661-669. doi:10.1080/08912963.2013.826657.
16. Fanti F., Cau A., Hassine M., Contessi M. 2013. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia with extreme avian-like pneumatization. Nature Communications 4, 208:1-7. doi:10.1038/ncomms3080.
15. Godefroit P., Cau A., Hu D.-Y., Escuillié F., Wu W., and Dyke G. 2013 - A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds. Nature 498: 359–362. doi:10.1038/nature12168
14. Cau A., Dalla Vecchia F.M., and Fabbri M. 2013 - A thick-skulled theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco with implications for carcharodontosaurid cranial evolution. Cretaceous Research 40: 251-260. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.09.002
2012
13. Candeiro C.R.A., Cau A., Fanti F., Nava W.R., and Novas F.E. 2012 - First evidence of an unenlagiid (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Bauru Group, Brazil. Cretaceous Research 37: 223-226. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.04.001
12. Cau A., Dalla Vecchia F.M., and Fabbri M. 2012 - Evidence of a new carcharodontosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(3): 661-665. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0043
11. Mazza M., Cau A., and Rigo M. 2012 - Application of cladistic analyses to the Carnian-Norian conodonts: a new approach for phylogenetic interpretations. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(3): 401-422. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.573584.
10. Lio G., Agnolin F., Cau A., and Maganuco S. 2012 - Crocodyliform affinities for Kemkemia auditorei Cau and Maganuco, 2009, from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 153(I): 119-126.
9. Naish D.W., Dyke G.J., Cau A., Escuillié F., and Godefroit P. 2012 - A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. Biology Letters 8: 97-100. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0683
2011
8. Dalla Vecchia F.M., and Cau A. 2011 - First record of a notosuchian crocodyliform from Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 117(2): 309-321.
7. Soldan D.M., Petrizzo M.R., Premoli Silva I., and Cau A. 2011 - Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Paleogene genus Igorina through parsimony analysis. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 41(3): 260-284.
6. Cau A., and Fanti F. 2011 - The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov. Gondwana Research 19: 550-565. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2010.07.007
2009
5. Cau A., and Maganuco S. 2009 - A new theropod dinosaur, represented by a single unusual caudal vertebra, from the Kem Kem Beds (Cretaceous) of Morocco. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 150(II): 239-257.
2008
4. Cau A., and Arduini P. 2008 - Enantiophoenix electrophyla gen. et sp. nov. (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon and its phylogenetic relationships. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 149 (II): 293-324.
3. Maganuco S., Cau A., and Pasini G. 2008 - New information on the abelisaurid pedal elements from the Late Cretaceous of NW Madagascar (Mahajanga Basin). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 149 (II): 239-252.
2007
2. Maganuco S., Cau A., Dal Sasso C., and Pasini G. 2007 - Evidence of large theropods from the Middle Jurassic of the Mahajanga basin, NW Madagascar, with implications for the ceratosaurian pedal ungual evolution. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 148 (II): 261-271.
2005
1. Maganuco S., Cau A., and Pasini G. 2005 - First description of theropod remains from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Madagascar. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 146 (II): 165-202.
Other publications
Abstracts and Posters for scientific meetings
2015
17. Lefevre U., Cau A., Cincotta A., Dongyu H., Wenhao W., Escuillié F., Godefroit P. 2015 - A Jurassic avialan from China challenges the flight abilities in the earliest birds. The 12th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Shenyang, China: August 16-20, 2015.
16. Madzia D., Cau A. 2015 - Insights into the evolutionary history of Mosasauroidea (Squamata) using parsimony and Bayesian inference. XIII Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. Opole, Poland, 8-12 July 2015.
15. Chiarenza A.A., Cau A., Fanti F. 2015 - “Cetiosaur” strikes back: morphometric and comparative analysis of the tail of Tataouinea hannibalis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda). XV Edizione delle “Giornate di Paleontologia” Paleodays2015 – Palermo 27-29 Maggio 2015.
2014
14. Dyke G., Cau A., Naish D., Brougham T., Godefroit P. 2014 - Archaeopteryx and paravian phylogeny: the enigma of Balaur. 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2014: 123.
13. Lefevre U., Cau A., Hu D., Wu W., Escuillié F., Godefroit P. 2014 - New basal Avialae from the Jurassic of China. 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2014: 167.
12. Cau A., Baiano M.A., and Raia P. 2014 – A new sphenodontian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern Italy and the phylogenetic affinities of the Pietraroia Plattenkalk rhynchocephalians. XII Meeting of Young Researchers in Paleontology, Sobarbe Geopark, Spain, 10-12 April 2014.
2013
11. Candeiro C.R.A., Fanti F., Lamanna M.C., Cau A. 2013 – The Late Cretaceous Diversification of Abelisauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria): An Overview. First Brazilian Dinosaur Symposium. Paleontologia em Destaque – Special Edition: 34.
2012
10. Fanti F., Contessi M., Cau A. 2012 - A new rebbachisaurid sauropod from Tunisia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5, abstracts vol): 92A.
9. Cau A. 2012 - Search for EXTINCT Terrestrial Intelligence. IV Meeting of the International Academy of Astronautics. San Marino 25-27 September 2012.
8. Chiarenza A.A., Dalla Vecchia F.M., Cau A., Rosso A. and Sanfilippo R. 2012 - Stenopterygius triscissus, ittiosauro Toarciano dalla collezione Gravina del Museo di Scienza della Terra di Catania. Giornate di Paleontologia XII. Catania 24-26 May 2012. [Premiato come miglior poster / awarded as best poster]
7. Cau A., and Chiarenza A.A. 2012 - The Role of Southern Europe in Theropod Faunal Interchange. Abstracts Volume. Giornate di Paleontologia XII edizione. Catania, 24-26 May 2012. [Premiata come migliore presentazione / awarded as best presentation]
2011
6. Lio G., Agnolin F., Cau A., and Maganuco S. 2011 - Crocodyliform affinities of Kemkemia auditorei Cau and Maganuco, 2009, from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Ameghiniana 48(4): R87-R88.
5. Naish D.W., Dyke G.J., Cau A., Escuillié F., and Godefroit P. 2011 - A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (5, abstracts vol): 165A.
4. Soldan D.M., Petrizzo M.R., Cau A., and Premoli Silva I. 2011 - Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Paleogene Genus Igorina through parsimony analisys - In: Epitome 4: Geoitalia. VIII Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra. - ISSN 1972-1552. - 4(2011): 259.
2009
3. Mazza M., Rigo M., and Cau A. 2009 - Evolutionary patterns and phylogeny of the Carnian/Norian conodonts from the Pizzo Mondello section, GSSP candidate for the base of the Norian. Permophiles 53, Supp. 1, 30-31.
2. Soldan D.M., Petrizzo M.R., Cau A., and Premoli Silva I. 2009 - Evolution of the Paleocene-Eocene Genus Igorina trought application of cladistic phylogeny - In: Epitome 3: Geoitalia. VII Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra. - ISSN 1972-1552. - 3(2009): 392.
1. Soldan D.M., Petrizzo M.R., Cau A., and Premoli Silva I. 2009. On the Phylogeny of the Paleocene-Eocene genus Igorina (Planktonic Foraminifera): preliminary results from a parsimony analysis. - In: Giornate di Paleontologia 2009 - Società Paleontologica Italiana: 32.
Popular science
4. Cau A. 2019 - Il dinosauro cigno / The swan dinosaur. Ligabue Magazine 75: 62-81.
3. Cau A. 2017 - The amphibious swan-like rapto r . Nature Ecology & Evolution Community.
2. Cau A., and Fanti F. 2011 - Il Drago di Nettuno. Sapere 77(1): 38-42.
1. Arduini P., and Cau A. 2010 - Enantiophoenix electrophyla, un uccello fossile del Cretacico superiore del Libano. Natura 100: 9-10.
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