The fossil remains of a 119 million-year-old beaked bird were recently discovered in China. 

• Confuciusornis shifan lived during the Early Cretaceous Period, around 119 million years ago in present-day China.
• It belonged to the Confuciusornithidae family of the genus Confuciusornis, a groups of crow-sized beaked birds.
• The fossil of Confuciusornis shifan’s skeleton was preserved on a single slab in the Jiufotang Formation, which was found close to the Xiaotaizi village in the Chinese province of Liaoning.
• The fossil was nearly complete and highly articulate.
• This species is estimated to have weighed less than 200 grams and was smaller than majority of other confuciusornithid species.