Tyler Lyson
Tyler Lyson is the senior curator of vertebrate palaeontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, known for his expertise in dinosaur fossils. He played a pivotal role in the fossil dig where Kent Hups made his groundbreaking discovery of T. rex trackways, emphasizing the importance of footprints in understanding dinosaur behavior and movement.
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Tyler Lyson is a senior curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
First known T. rex trackway reveals how the dinosaur moved
United States· 2026-09-23
Tyler Lyson, a senior curator of vertebrate palaeontology, was skeptical about the discovery of the T. rex trackway.
Meet Kent Hups, the Colorado teacher who spotted three strange toes in North Dakota and helped uncover the first adult T. rex trackway | World News
India· 2026-09-19
Tyler Lyson, senior curator of vertebrate palaeontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, highlighted how footprints can capture moments of behaviour that bones cannot reveal.
High school teacher searching for fossils discovers four footprints later confirmed as the first reported T. rex trackway dating back 66.5 million years |India· 2026-09-17