This is indeed an interesting site but is very comparable to any number of similar aged fossil-bearing sites in Europe, Africa and North America. North American sites would not have giraffids, but have a diversity of animals including sabertoothed cats and other cats, wolves, bears and a host of deer, antelope, bison, mammoths and mastodon and a host of horses. An excellent and diverse representation of the North American fauna can be seen in the tens of thosands of fossils at the La Brea tar pits and Page Museum in Los Angeles, or museums elsewhere in the United States. These fossils provide a very good glimpse into a time long ago and testify to the enthusiastic research of a handful of scientists through the years. Much remains to be done throughout the world and one hopes that there will be sufficient resources to fund these studies.