| Palaeomyrmidon Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Xenarthra |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Suborder: | Vermilingua |
| Family: | Cyclopedidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeomyrmidon Rovereto , 1914 |
| Species: | †P. incomtus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeomyrmidon incomtus Rovereto, 1914 | |
Palaeomyrmidon is a genus of anteaters. Its closest living relative is the silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus). Although the silky anteater is arboreal, Palaeomyrmidon lived on the ground. Palaeomyrmidon is known from a fossil skull that was found in Argentina.