Thylacopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).

[2] Thylacopteris was first described by John Smith in 1875 with the name attributed to Gustav Kunze.

[1] No species placed in Thylacopteris were included in a molecular phylogenetic study of the subfamily Microsoroideae in 2019,[3] so the relationship with other genera is unclear.

As of February 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1]

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