Palaeoscolex
| Palaeoscolex | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Class: | †Palaeoscolecida | 
| Family: | †Palaeoscolecidae | 
| Genus: | †Palaeoscolex | 
Palaeoscolex is the type genus of the Palaeoscolecid worms, and served as a wastebasket taxon. until its taxonomy was revised and many of its taxa assigned to Wronascolex.
The type and only unequivocal species is P. piscatorum, known from mid-trunk segments.