Bisatoceras was named by Miller and Owen in 1937 and has a subdiscoidal shell with a very narrow or closed umbilicus.

Whorl height exceeds with at maturity,[clarification needed] immature growth stages are globular.

Growth lines are usually biconvex, forming ventral and lateral sinuses.

Pseudobisatoceras, named by Maksimova, 1940, is like Bisatoceras but is distinct in having spiral ornamentation.

Miller et al considered Pseudobisatoceras a synonym for Bisatoceras which was included in the family Goniatitidae and subfamily Bisatoceratinae.