👉 The term "ophiosaurus" is a scientific name for an extinct genus of dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 64 to 60 million years ago. It was named after its distinctive head and body structure with two pairs of legs. The exact details about the ophiosaurus are not known exactly, but it is estimated that it weighed between 8 and 12 tons (approximately 58-79 metric tons) during its time on
