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Westminster Teen Makes A Prehistoric Discovery

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science/Sarah Poetzschke
Jonathan Charpentier with Joe Sertich, curator of dinosaurs at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Westminster 8th grader Jonathan Charpentier was walking with his grandparents, when he made a discovery. He saw something shiny on the ground. He picked it up, took it home, and washed it off, then realized it wasn't a rock. It was a partial tooth from a T-Rex.