| Named By: | A. L. Panchen in 1970 |
| Time Period: | Upper Carboniferous |
| Location: | Scotland |
| Size: | Skull about 17 centimetres long. Body roughly estimated to roughly be about 2 meters long |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Partial skull |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Amphibia | |
| Also known as: | | Palaeogyrinus decorus | |
Originally named Palaeogyrinus ("Ancient tadpole"), Palaeoherpeton from the Upper Carboniferous of Scotland is an Embolomeri tetrapod related to Eogyrinus but smaller in size. It is only known by a single incomplete skull with no postcranial remains.