Andrea Cau, PhD
@theropodablog.bsky.social
Vertebrate paleontologist, mainly working on Mesozoic theropods [he/him].
See my publications here: https://sites.google.com/site/cautheropoda/home/info
Follow my blog: https://theropoda.blogspot.com/
My FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TheropodaBlog
See my publications here: https://sites.google.com/site/cautheropoda/home/info
Follow my blog: https://theropoda.blogspot.com/
My FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TheropodaBlog
Da oggi "Il Dilemma dei Dinosauri" è disponibile nelle librerie e negli store online:
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November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Da oggi "Il Dilemma dei Dinosauri" è disponibile nelle librerie e negli store online:
www.bollatiboringhieri.it/libri/andrea...
www.bollatiboringhieri.it/libri/andrea...
Glad to introduce a new fish-eating Cretaceous bird, Kunpengornis anhuimusei, which I coauthored with Xuri Wang and colleagues.
A new euornithine from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of China reveals the first radiation of fish-eating birds
A new euornithine bird, Kunpengornis anhuimusei gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a nearly complete skeleton from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) …
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September 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Glad to introduce a new fish-eating Cretaceous bird, Kunpengornis anhuimusei, which I coauthored with Xuri Wang and colleagues.
The world deserves a dromaeosaurid cartoon from the Djadokhtan time.
July 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The world deserves a dromaeosaurid cartoon from the Djadokhtan time.
The suberb preservation of the Shri rapax specimen: the bones forming the pelvic canal are still three-dimensionally articulated. The blue line links the thorax with the tail along both pubic and ischial canals.
July 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The suberb preservation of the Shri rapax specimen: the bones forming the pelvic canal are still three-dimensionally articulated. The blue line links the thorax with the tail along both pubic and ischial canals.
My new theropod species and paper (link at end of post)
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Move Over, Velociraptor: it's Shri rapax time!
La superba preservazione dell'olotipo di Shri rapax (ricostruzione basata sulla fotogrammetria 3D dello scheletro postcraniale ed il calco ...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
My new theropod species and paper (link at end of post)
theropoda.blogspot.com/2025/07/move...
theropoda.blogspot.com/2025/07/move...
The first feathered theropod I co-authored is now 12 years old. And the future? I have cute specimens under study :-) theropoda.blogspot.com/2013/05/auro...
Aurornis xui: nuova luce sull'origine degli uccelli
Un Aurornis si gode l'alba. Opera di Emiliano Troco. Questo post ha un valore particolare per me, e non stupitevi se sarà forse un ...
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May 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The first feathered theropod I co-authored is now 12 years old. And the future? I have cute specimens under study :-) theropoda.blogspot.com/2013/05/auro...
Reposted by Andrea Cau, PhD
"Sorry, my Mum said no"
May 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Sorry, my Mum said no"
My new paper about the giant theropods from the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa. We provide evidence that Deltadromeus is an immature morph of Bahariasaurus and that Eocarcharia is a spinosaurid-allosauroid chimaera. www.italianjournalofgeosciences.it/297/article-...
Beyond the Stromer’s Riddle: the impact of lumping and splitting hypotheses on the systematics of the giant predatory dinosaurs from northern Africa
The “mid-Cretaceous” record from northern Africa is characterized by a peculiar fauna of theropod dinosaurs, mostly referred to a “triumvirate” of clades: Abelisauroidea, Allosauroidea and Spinosaurid...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My new paper about the giant theropods from the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa. We provide evidence that Deltadromeus is an immature morph of Bahariasaurus and that Eocarcharia is a spinosaurid-allosauroid chimaera. www.italianjournalofgeosciences.it/297/article-...
My vote during the Conclave goes to Luis Tagle.
April 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
My vote during the Conclave goes to Luis Tagle.
JD Vance is for the catholics what Liz Truss was for the anglicans.
April 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
JD Vance is for the catholics what Liz Truss was for the anglicans.
We will forever remember Pope Francis as the guy who trolled US VicePresident with Italian chocolate eggs.
April 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We will forever remember Pope Francis as the guy who trolled US VicePresident with Italian chocolate eggs.
JD Vance is such a bad catholic that the Pope himself died after meeting him...
April 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
JD Vance is such a bad catholic that the Pope himself died after meeting him...
Female Silver Surfer
Everyone: damn woke!
Me: so sexy lady!
Everyone: damn woke!
Me: so sexy lady!
April 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Female Silver Surfer
Everyone: damn woke!
Me: so sexy lady!
Everyone: damn woke!
Me: so sexy lady!
An enigmatic digging theropod? I am skeptical: theropoda.blogspot.com/2025/04/un-e...
Un enigmatico theropode scavatore con falangi fuse?
L'esemplare (da Averianov, 2025) Averianov(2025) descrive due falangi distali fuse tra loro (lunghezza totale dei due elementi, circa 2 cm) ...
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April 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
An enigmatic digging theropod? I am skeptical: theropoda.blogspot.com/2025/04/un-e...
Was 2005 the best year since the end of the Cold War?
April 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Was 2005 the best year since the end of the Cold War?
Vi presento l'Action Figure del mio ultimo libro!
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April 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Vi presento l'Action Figure del mio ultimo libro!
www.amazon.it/dp/B0DX7DDH6...
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Make Umbrella Great Again.
April 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Make Umbrella Great Again.
La "notizia" della scoperta di impronte/resti di dinosauro in Sardegna non ha fondamento. Alcuni mesi fa, fui contattato dagli scopritori del reperto per dare una mia valutazione. Espressi scetticismo sulla natura delle "impronte". Non mi risulta ci sia uno studio scientifico su questo materiale.
April 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
La "notizia" della scoperta di impronte/resti di dinosauro in Sardegna non ha fondamento. Alcuni mesi fa, fui contattato dagli scopritori del reperto per dare una mia valutazione. Espressi scetticismo sulla natura delle "impronte". Non mi risulta ci sia uno studio scientifico su questo materiale.
1 of 2: We live in a world where scientists are pushed to publish in high impact journals in order to survive in the academic system. Many scientists would sell their mothers in order to have their name in a Nature or Science paper... BUT...
April 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1 of 2: We live in a world where scientists are pushed to publish in high impact journals in order to survive in the academic system. Many scientists would sell their mothers in order to have their name in a Nature or Science paper... BUT...
The Colossal guys introduced in my FB page their arbitrary definition of species.
April 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The Colossal guys introduced in my FB page their arbitrary definition of species.
The fake direwolf is the Musk method applied to biology.
April 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The fake direwolf is the Musk method applied to biology.