Jian

DV-1307 · type species Jian changmaensis

Lived: 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
Found in: China
Named by: Zhou et al. 2026

Field notes

About Jian

Jian was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jian, from China. Its fossils come from the Xiagou Formation. It was named by Zhou et al. in 2026.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Dromaeosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Zhou, M. C. Lamanna, and A. W. Poust, D. Li, H. You, J. K. O.'Connor. 2026. First non-avian theropod (Dromaeosauridae, Microraptorinae) from the bird-bearing Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China. Annals of Carnegie Museum 92(2):89-110