Barinasuchus (meaning "Barinas crocodile," in reference to where the type material was found) is an extinct genus of sebecid mesoeucrocodylian. Its fossils have been found in middle Eocene-age rocks of the Divisadero Largo Formation of Argentina, middle Miocene-age rocks of the Ipururo Formation of Peru, and middle Miocene-age rocks of the Parángula Formation of Venezuela. The holotype comes from Parángula Formation rocks in Barinas, and consists of an incomplete articulated skull and lower jaw. Like all other sebecosuchians, it was a terrestrial carnivore, with ziphodont teeth, like a theropod dinosaur. This made it a formidable predator. Barinasuchus is the largest sebecosuchian (the type skull is estimated as 700 millimeters (28 in) long), and is the first sebecosuchian known from Venez