Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds MSY Lee, A Cau, D Naish, GJ Dyke Science 345 (6196), 562-566, 2014 | 254 | 2014 |
A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds P Godefroit, A Cau, H Dong-Yu, F Escuillié, W Wenhao, G Dyke Nature 498, 359-362, 2013 | 222 | 2013 |
Morphological clocks in paleontology, and a mid-Cretaceous origin of crown Aves MSY Lee, A Cau, D Naish, GJ Dyke Systematic Biology 63 (3), 442-449, 2014 | 142 | 2014 |
Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs A Cau, V Beyrand, DFAE Voeten, V Fernandez, P Tafforeau, K Stein, ... Nature 552 (7685), 395-399, 2017 | 139 | 2017 |
The assembly of the avian body plan: a 160-million-year long process A Cau Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 57 (1), 1-25, 2018 | 91* | 2018 |
A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia with extreme avian-like pneumatization F Fanti, A Cau, M Hassine, M Contessi Nature Communications 4 (1), 2080, 2013 | 71 | 2013 |
The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov. A Cau, F Fanti Gondwana Research 19 (2), 550-565, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
The phylogenetic affinities of the bizarre Late Cretaceous Romanian theropod Balaur bondoc (Dinosauria, Maniraptora): dromaeosaurid or flightless bird? A Cau, T Brougham, D Naish PeerJ 3, e1032, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
A large-clawed theropod (Dinosauria: Tetanurae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia and the Gondwanan origin of megaraptorid theropods PR Bell, A Cau, F Fanti, ET Smith Gondwana Research 36, 473-487, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers U Lefevre, A Cau, A Cincotta, D Hu, A Chinsamy, F Escuillié, P Godefroit The Science of Nature 104, 1-13, 2017 | 56 | 2017 |
The largest thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) supports teleosaurid survival across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary F Fanti, T Miyashita, L Cantelli, F Mnasri, J Dridi, M Contessi, A Cau Cretaceous Research 61, 263-274, 2016 | 54 | 2016 |
New Information on Tataouinea hannibalis from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia and Implications for the Tempo and Mode of Rebbachisaurid Sauropod Evolution F Fanti, A Cau, L Cantelli, M Hassine, M Auditore PLoS One 10 (4), e0123475, 2015 | 54 | 2015 |
The youngest record of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs, with implications for the extinction of Thalattosuchia AA Chiarenza, D Foffa, MT Young, G Insacco, A Cau, G Carnevale, ... Cretaceous Research 56, 608-616, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
First evidence of an unenlagiid (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Bauru group, Brazil CRA Candeiro, A Cau, F Fanti, WR Nava, FE Novas Cretaceous Research 37, 223-226, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
Application of numerical cladistic analyses to the Carnian–Norian conodonts: a new approach for phylogenetic interpretations M Mazza, A Cau, M Rigo Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 (3), 401-422, 2012 | 45 | 2012 |
The oldest ceratosaurian (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Lower Jurassic of Italy, sheds light on the evolution of the three-fingered hand of birds C Dal Sasso, S Maganuco, A Cau PeerJ 6, e5976, 2018 | 42 | 2018 |
First description of theropod remains from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Madagascar S Maganuco, A Cau, G Pasini Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del museo civico di storia …, 2005 | 41 | 2005 |
Integrating palaeoecology and morphology in theropod diversity estimation: a case from the Aptian-Albian of Tunisia F Fanti, A Cau, A Martinelli, M Contessi Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 410, 39-57, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
A thick-skulled theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco with implications for carcharodontosaurid cranial evolution A Cau, FM Dalla Vecchia, M Fabbri Cretaceous Research 40, 251-260, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa AA Chiarenza, A Cau PeerJ 4, e1754, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |