Carnivores: Planet Earth is set in 2272, in an alternative universe where the Crater City incident has never happened.
Yes, some structures from the original games will be added in C: PE as decorations for your parks, researching them is a great way to make your dinosaur Exhibits less monotonous.
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2001 a space odyssey movie, he also has it jurassic park:trespasser (easter egg).