| Asperoris Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Crocopoda |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Genus: | †Asperoris Nesbitt et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Asperoris mnyama Nesbitt et al., 2013
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Asperoris is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile known from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of southwestern Tanzania. It is the first archosauriform known from the Manda Beds that is not an archosaur. However, its relationships with other non-archosaurian archosauriforms are uncertain. It was first named by Sterling J. Nesbitt, Richard J. Butler and David J. Gower in 2013 and the type species is Asperoris mnyama. Asperoris means "rough face" in Latin, referring to the distinctive rough texture of its skull bones.[1]
- ^ Nesbitt, S. J.; Butler, R. J.; Gower, D. J. (2013). Joger, Ulrich (ed.). "A New Archosauriform (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Manda Beds (Middle Triassic) of Southwestern Tanzania". PLOS ONE. 8 (9): e72753. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...872753N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072753. PMC 3785487. PMID 24086264.