Andrea Cau is an Italian vertebrate paleontologist. He specialises in the study of dinosaur cladistics. Cau named the dromaeosaurid theropod Halszkaraptor in 2017. He also reanalysed the theropod Balaur, placing it as a basal avialan (primitive bird) rather than a dromaeosaur.

Below is a list of taxa that Cau has contributed to naming:

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