How do Paleontologists know where the bones of prehistoric creatures go?

Question

Do paleontologists ever misplace bones and how often?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Yes they do. The dinosaur known as brontosaurus had a wrong head for decades. And brontosaurus basically never existed. Just the apatosaurus

https://www.npr.org/2012/12/09/166665795/forget-extinct-the-brontosaurus-never-even-existed