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Callipurbeckia; Temporal range: Late Jurassic—Early Cretaceous, 150–140 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil specimen of C. notopterus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ginglymodi
Order:	†Semionotiformes
Family:	†Callipurbeckiidae
Genus:	†Callipurbeckia; López-Arbarello, 2012
Type species
	†Lepidotes minor; Agassiz, 1833
Species
	†C. minor (Agassiz, 1833); †C. notopterus (Agassiz, 1833); †C. tendaguruensis (Wagner, 1863)

Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of marine semionotiform ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England.^[1]

It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related lepisosteiform genus Lepidotes.^[1]^[2]

C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) - Earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England (Purbeck Beds)
C. notopterus (Agassiz, 1835) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Germany (Solnhofen Limestone)
C. tendaguruensis (Arratia & Schultze, 1999) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Tanzania (Tendaguru Formation)

Potential relatives of Callipurbeckia include Occitanichthys from the Tithonian of France (formerly confused with C. minor) and Tlayuamichin from the Albian of Mexico.^[3]^[4]

Its name comes from "calli-", from an Ancient Greek word meaning beautiful, and "Purbeck", from the modern-day name of the area where a specimen of it was found.^[1]