Dinosaur footprints, fossils discovered in Broomfield

Kent Hups, a science instructor at Northglenn High School, talks about how to identify dinosaurs by how many toes they had in Broomfield, Colorado, on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)

By Elizabeth Hernandez | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: June 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: June 2, 2024 at 11:40 AM MDT

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The Friday afternoon field trip was the result of Northglenn High School geology teacher Kent Hups stumbling across dinosaur fossils about three years ago while out scouting.

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Dinosaur footprints, fossils discovered “in our own backyard” in Broomfield

Northglenn High School geology teacher Kent Hups took some of his students to investigate the fossils Friday

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