Type genus. Anthracoptilus Lameere, 1917, Late Carboniferous.
Other genera. Carrizocladus Rasnitsyn (in Rasnitsyn et al. 2004), Graticladus Novokshonov & Aristov, 2004, Homocladus Carpenter, 1966, Jarmilacladus Rasnitsyn & Aristov, 2004, Mesoptilus Lameere, 1917, Mycteroptila Rasnitsyn, 1977, Paracladus Carpenter, 1966, Spargoptilon Kukalová, 1965, Strephocladus Scudder, 1885, Strephoneura Martynov, 1940, Strephoptilus Rasnitsyn & Aristov, 2013 (in Aristov et al. 2013), Westphaloptilus Guan et al., 2015. Some genera are currently attributed to the Anthracoptilidae but of uncertain affinities: Adiphlebia Scudder, 1885, Pseudomesoptilus Guan et al., 2015, Rhinomaloptila Rasnitsyn, 1977.