| Named By: | Casieer in 1960 |
| Time Period: | Paleocene |
| Location: | Oceans worldwide, particularly well-known from fossil deposits in the Northern hemisphere |
| Size: | Uncertain |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Teeth |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Elasmobranchii | Lamniformes | |
Palaeocarcharodon, also known as the pygmy white shark, is a genus of sharks in the family Cretoxyrhinidae. Palaeocarcharodon orientalis is the only species of this genus. These sharks lived in the Paleocene, from 61.7 to 55.8 Ma.