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In 1995, a study by [[Gary T. Schwartz]], [[David Tab Rasmussen]] and [[Richard J. Smith]] estimated the size of extinct hyracoids based on the of their dentition and proposed that ''P. chardini'' weighed between 900 and 1432 kg.<ref name=Schwartz1995>{{cite journal|first1=G.T.|last1=Schwartz|first2=D.|last2=Tab Rasmussen|first3=R.J.|last3=Smith|title=Body-size diversity and community structure of fossil hyracoids|date=1995|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=76(4)|pages=1088-1099}}</ref> In 1996, [[Zong Guanfu]] described a new species of ''Postschizotherium'', ''P. tibetensis'', from the [[Hengduan Mountains]] of [[Sichuan]], China, based on a maxilla and two mandibles, and referred to the genus an additional maxilla from the same site.<ref name=Zong1996>{{cite book |last=Zong|first=G.F.|date=1996|editor-last1=Zong|editor-first1=G.F.|editor-last2=Chen|editor-first2=W.Y.|editor-last3=Huang|editor-first3=X.S.|title=Cenozoic Mammals and Environment of Hengduan Mountains Region|pages=61-80|chapter=Hyracoidea Huxley|isbn=}}</ref>
In 2002, Qiu, [[Wei Qi]], [[Pei Shuwen]] and [[Chen Zheying]] redescribed ''P. intermedium'' on the basis of two new crania associated with their mandibles collected by Wei and Chen between 1981 and 1983 in the locality 81018, in [[Tianzhen County]], [[Shanxi]]. Additionaly, they considered that the holotype of ''P. licenti'' had been misidentified and that it was therefore a junior synonym of ''P. chardini'', and that most of the material referred to ''Postschizotherium'' by Zong in 1996 belonged in reality to [[Schizotheriinae|schizotheres]], although the maxilla designated as type for ''P. tibetensis'' was genuine.<ref name=Qiu2002>{{cite journal|first1=Z.|last1=Qiu|first2=Q.|last2=Wei|first3=S.|last3=Pei|first4=Z.|last4=Chen|title=Preliminary report on Postschizotherium (Mammalia: Hyarcoidea) material from Tianzhen, Shanxi, China|date=2002|journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica|volume=40(2)|pages=146-160}}</ref> In 2003, [[Chen Guanfang]] erected ''P. tibetensis'' as its own genus, ''[[Hengduanshanhyrax]]''.<ref name=Chen2003>{{cite journal|first1=G.|last1=Chen|title=A new genus of Pliohyracinae (Hyracoidea, Mammalia) from the Late Pliocene of Dege, Sichuan, China|date=2003|journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica|volume=41(3)|pages=240-248}}</ref>
In 2009, [[Nakaya Hideo]], [[Takai Masanaru]], [[Fukuchi Akira]] and [[Ogino Shintaro]] reported the first fossil remains of ''Postschizotherium''<ref name=Nakata2009>{{cite journal|first1=H.|last1=Nakaya|first2=M.|last2=Takai|first3=A.|last3=Fukuchi|first4=S.|last4=Ogino|title=A preliminary report on some fossil mammals (Equidae, Perissodactyla and Hyracoidea) from the Pliocene Udunga fauna, Transbaikalia, Russia|date=2009|journal=Asian Paleoprimatology|volume=5|pages=99-104}}</ref>
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