Abstract: A new genus and species (Parahongshanornis chaoyangensis) of a basal ornithurine bird from the Jiufotang Formation in Yuanjiawa Town, Chaoyang, westernLiaoning Province is reported. It is morphologically most similar to the basal ornithurines Hongshanornis and Longicrusavis, two only known genera of the Hongshanornithidae by possessing a shorter wing compared to the leg and a “U”-shaped furcula that is significantly longer than wide. The new taxon can be distinguished from these two genera in having a furcula that is anteroposteriorly compressed proximally, with a deep groove along the clavicular symphysis, a sternum with two pairs of posterior excavations, and a pair of short posterior processes between the lateral trabecula and the medial ridge of the sternum, a short and robust first phalanx of the major digit, and a pubis with a distinctive pubic foot. The discovery of the new hongshanornithid from the Jiufotang Formation not only extends the temporal distribution of the Hongshanornithidae, but also provides new data for discussing the evolutionary differentiation of basal ornithurines in the Early Cretaceous.