Editing Torvosaurus (section)

=== Provenance and occurrence ===
The [[Type (biology)|type specimen]] of ''Torvosaurus tanneri'', BYU 2002, was recovered in the [[Dry Mesa Quarry]] of the Brushy Basin Member of the [[Morrison Formation]] in Montrose County, Colorado. The specimen was collected by James A. Jensen and Kenneth Stadtman in 1972 in medium-grained, coarse sandstone that was deposited during the [[Tithonian]] and [[Kimmeridgian]] ages of the [[Jurassic]], approximately 153 to 148 million years ago.<ref>[[James A. Jensen|Jensen, J. A.]] and [[John Ostrom|Ostrom, J. H.]] (1977). A second Jurassic pterosaur from North America. ''Journal of Paleontology'' 51(4):867–870</ref> This specimen is housed in the collection of [[Brigham Young University]] in [[Provo, Utah]].