[abnry]

How can an animal even have a neck that long? Was it clear from the fossils that it is this long because I am skeptical.

[e2e8]

This video [0] tries to answer the question of how we know what we know for a different species but I imagine the methods are similar.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vea06e6x_E

[NooneAtAll3]

relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/3185/

[bensyverson]

No, there's no way to tell—the paleontologists probably just took a bunch of bones from the site and threw them together in a way that looked cool. /s

[sizzzzlerz]

Now that is an idea for a The Far Side cartoon

[tonymillion]

Life imitates art imitating life: The story [1] of the Brontosaurus is an interesting one...

[1] https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2019/08/31/bronto...

[jjk7]

It probably had a snake in it's belly, and they thought it was it's neck