Kent Hups
IndiateacherMale8.6Global Dominance: 0.02%Kent Hups is a high school science teacher who gained recognition for discovering a significant fossil trackway while volunteering on a dig in the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota. His discovery of four large, three-toed footprints, later confirmed to likely belong to an adult Tyrannosaurus rex, offers invaluable insights into the locomotion of one of the most famous predators of the Cretaceous period.
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Kent Hups found the first known trackway left behind by a T. rex during a research expedition.
First known T. rex trackway reveals how the dinosaur movedCNN·
United States· 2026-09-23
United States· 2026-09-23
Kent Hups, a Colorado high school teacher and amateur fossil hunter, discovered the first adult T. rex trackway in North Dakota.
Meet Kent Hups, the Colorado teacher who spotted three strange toes in North Dakota and helped uncover the first adult T. rex trackway | World NewsThe Times of India·India· 2026-09-19
India· 2026-09-19Also mentioned
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Kent Hups spotted unusual impressions while volunteering on a fossil dig in the Hell Creek Formation.
High school teacher searching for fossils discovers four footprints later confirmed as the first reported T. rex trackway dating back 66.5 million years |The Times of India·India· 2026-09-17
India· 2026-09-17