Please enjoy this video examining the development of Palaeoloxodon, a PlioPleistocene genus of Proboscidean and the title holder for both largest and smallest elephant species.

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Papers referenced:

Palaeoloxodon Genetics: (July 2023). "A genetic glimpse of the Chinese straighttusked elephants". Biology Letters. 19 (7). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2023.0078. ISSN 1744957X. PMC 10353889. PMID 37463654.

P. namadicus size: Larramendi, A. (2015). "Shoulder height, body mass and shape of proboscideans". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60. doi:10.4202/app.00136.2014.

Namadicus Body Mass: Paul, Gregory S.; Larramendi, Asier (June 9, 2023). "Body mass estimate of Bruhathkayosaurus and other fragmentary sauropod remains suggest the largest land animals were about as big as the greatest whales". Lethaia. 56 (2): 1–11. doi:10.18261/let.56.2.5.

Dwarf Species: Athanassiou, Athanassios; van der Geer, Alexandra A.E.; Lyras, George A. (August 2019). "Pleistocene insular Proboscidea of the Eastern Mediterranean: A review and update". Quaternary Science Reviews. 218: 306–321. Bibcode:2019QSRv..218..306A. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.028. ISSN 02773791. S2CID 199107354.

P. antiquus Extinction: RodriguezVidal, Joaquín (20200702). "Tracking the last elephants in Europe during the Würm Pleniglacial: the importance of the Late Pleistocene aeolianite record in SW Iberia". Ichnos. 27 (3): 352–360. doi:10.1080/10420940.2020.1744586. ISSN 10420940. S2CID 216504699.